Originally Posted by Dyzalot

As someone who grew up in the late '70's - early 80's yes they do. It reminds me exactly how the people in Iran acted when they overthrew our dictator, the Shaw, and took our diplomats who helped and supported that monster as hostages.

lol, who is it going to be upest? al-qaeda members? oh noez.

if we were cheering in the streets that ahmedinejad was killed, you might have a point.

 

Originally Posted by budo09

Thought about going to White House...then realized it was 1am

Ya this type of event will happen again. I would stay home too...

how about some of you scholars predict the aftermath?

 

Originally Posted by mattg1983

I.just can't help but feel like we are a bunch of hypocrites. I do get that revenge feels good but the whole back and forth with America and Muslims and the state of the world just doesn't seem like its worth celebrating. It's all really depressing to me. .

lol you have to be fucking retarded. you think normal muslims are upset that osama is dead, and are mad that we are cheering it.

doubt you could get more racist, equating muslims with osama lovers.

What happened to eye for an eye? wasn't that in the Bible somewhere?

 

Originally Posted by Dyzalot

Unless it was your wife or daughter of course...

This is such an easy play to make but really is just a vacuous argument. It is a self-sealing argument that attempts to take a position that no evidence can refute.

You can do better than that.

 

Originally Posted by Dyzalot

It is when it is offensive military combat.

ehh, i dont think they equate. i get what u saying and if he turned himself in and we shot him, i would have a prob with that (not a huge prob, but a prob).

Don't wanna be a Debbie Downer, but is anyone else sorta cringing when they are watching these people celebrating in the streets and hoping that nothing bad happens? I just have a bad feeling.

 

Originally Posted by AmSlim22

ehh, i dont think they equate. i get what u saying and if he turned himself in and we shot him, i would have a prob with that (not a huge prob, but a prob).

Was more characterizing all of our military actions. I actually support the attempt to capture Bin Laden and obviously firing back if shot at.

res, don't bother responding to mattg. He's 100x the moron you are. And we all know how big of a moron you are.

;)

 

Originally Posted by MUPokerPlayer

Don't wanna be a Debbie Downer, but is anyone else sorta cringing when they are watching these people celebrating in the streets and hoping that nothing bad happens? I just have a bad feeling.

Nope it actually brings a smile to my face.

What so we shouldn't celebrate because of what might happen by crazy people? No thanks, they won't take that from me.

 

Originally Posted by resilient

Actually, it's a really awesome symbolic victory for America, having the face of 9/11 killed. It's awesome for the family of victims and it's awesome for our country.

Are some people overreacting? Yeah sure, but some people are just drunk and fist-pumping the success while others feel proud of this symbol of what has been slowly successful battle against terrorism. Successfull? Yes very much. How many major terrorist attacks have occurred in the United States over the last 10 years? How many al-Qaeda operatives and major leaders have been taken down in that decade? How safe do people feel today versus September 2, 2001? If you think they don't feel safer, you're clueless.

It's a celebration that is due and is an integral part of the success of our war on terrorism. I'm not personally fist-pumping in the streets but if people want to, that's great. It's their way of celebrating their pride, and mine is to sit quietly and feel proud and type on a message board. And be really surprised at people who can't understand that celebration of a symbolic act like this is one integral step of the metagame of conducting a successful long-term war.

How can you possibly call the "War on Terror" successful? 5500 soldiers lost, 30,000 more injured and trillions of dollars spent that has helped speed up the process of recession. It took nearly 10 years to find the guy that was the focus of all of it, and the only place we have been somewhat successful (Iraq) it turns out had nothing to do with 9/11 in the first place. How the fuck is that success?

 

Originally Posted by tmac456

This is what the majority of the people of the United States have wanted since 9/11. 9 long years.

lol @ the debbie downers ITT

+1

 

Originally Posted by darkpoker12

I doubt his kid would be hanging near the most wanted man in the world?

But could be a bank teller caught up in a heist attempt and shot in a "firefight" by the cops. Or a wife of a person who enjoyed to grow marijuana who gets raided by a 3AM raid and shot in the confusion. Innocent life is innocent life no matter the race, creed, color or nationality.

 

Originally Posted by MUPokerPlayer

Don't wanna be a Debbie Downer, but is anyone else sorta cringing when they are watching these people celebrating in the streets and hoping that nothing bad happens? I just have a bad feeling.

I mean, tbh I think it would be an even bigger FUCK YOUUUU to the terrorists/terrorist supporters if we didn't go run in the streets and jump up and down and sing and pan for the cameras and all that.

The obvious reason being: the mob crowd cheering there looks fucking identical to the cheering mob crowds that they always show in the middle east right after something bad happens to the U.S./Israel.

So it's like, we would seem like even bigger badasses if we like DIDN'T do that, in order to be all like "See... we aren't like u assholes, we are classy motherfuckers who are above the gutter, who don't jump up and down screaming and singing when something bad happens to our enemy. We don't stoop down to your retarded, shithole level. Gg you."

imo