Yes, the USA did a lot of shit, and most of that shit, caught up with them. They armed the afghan rebels back when dad bush was chief of the cia, they struck deals with dictators, since it was "strategic". This is Al-qaeda back in the early years. Before they were stars. They started as strategic USA allies.

Fucking Communism, man. Totally fucked over America for like four decades of panic. And Russia. Communism and the USSR.

Poor MARSOC never gets any of the cool operations. Frankly, I knew that if we ever got him it would probably be DEVGRU or 1st SFOD-D that did it. They always get those sort of operations.

Counter Terrorist Win!

And now Pandora is playing Barenaked Ladies' Fun & Games.

Dammit, everything we get is second hand. Well, it'll be a party either way.

Well that's cool. Man deserved to die. Hope it was slow.

That said this basically does nothing for world peace, despite claims to the contrary.

Oh, so the USA decided "Osama the fuse" was not useful anymore? Or is Obama already planning his presidential campaign, so he can say "I put down Ben Laden"??

Sorry for the cynism, heh, but all that is pure bullshit to keep the masses occupied. But there's several GOGers in that thread who said something very true: the USA had no interest whatsoever in Ben Laden's capture. The man could have talked, a lot, and it wouldn't have been pretty.

I8t's exactly the same about Saddam Hussein. Not only the USA, but also France and the UK saw no objectif to see him hanged very quickly without a public, open and international trial "Nuremberg-style": too many economical links, too many political ties (just look at the french friends of Saddam, for example).

During the poast 10 years, Ben Laden served as a scarecrow, the kind you shake before mesmerized masses to tell them "don't complain about your liberties disappearing, we're doing that only to protect you from that guy".

This is not said to say that Ben Laden planned or didn't plan 9/11. It is of little relevance, 10 years after. This is just to say: if you believe that after 9/11 Ben Laden played any other real role than the one I described, you were misleaded.

So, now that Ben Laden is dead, I guess that the US troops will leave Afghanistan very soon, right? Oh the irony.

Except that everyone already knows about our support of Osama. No conspiracy there.

I thought it was a troll when I saw it, but it was the real thing. It seems so random, and I was playing C&C: Generals of all games when I found out. One less madman in the world, I just hope it doesn't rile up the rest of them.

Bin Laden was a rich bastard who duped others into fighting for him using religious extremisms. He's not the first and he won't be the last.

Wow... A human being, while very devious, have died, and you all celebrate it like it was the best thing that could have happened in the world. That is just as sick as ordering a plane to crash into a building.

Just remember what Tolkien wrote: “Many that live deserve death. And some that die deserve life. Can you give it to them? Then do not be too eager to deal out death in judgement. For even the very wise cannot see all ends.”

I am of the opinion that asshole who hurts/kills others deserves to be hurt/killed.

And that goes both for Osama as well as world's military/politicians.

And perspective takes a leaping dive out the window of a tall building.

Almost makes feel bad about my little giveaway... nope. A lot of people disagree but I am comfortable with killing a murderer who would kill my family if given the chance.