If bin Laden was killed, what would change?

[panader0]

[cliffordu]

1. NOTHING,

[GomezLives]

2. Retalliation

[Vincardog]

The BCF would have to come up with a different Boigie man

[yourout]

3. Obama will be elected in a landslide rather than handily.

[EFerrari]

18. Most Americans fear unemployment more than Bin Laden. n/t

[yourout]

21. True that.

[Exilednight]

4. The war would get bloodier. It's better to bring him alive. n/t

[renegade000]

5. Hopefully it will

give Obama some political capital to get us out of Afghanistan. But I might be overly optimistic.

[joshcryer]

7. That's our job, to pressure Obama to get out of Afghanistan and Iraq.

War on terror is over, etc.

[MedleyMisty]

12. I hope so

We should also pressure him to get our civil liberties back and repeal the Patriot Act.

[joshcryer]

17. +1, exactly, we have the narrative now.

But I expect we'll continue playing footsie and badmouthing the President.

[no_hypocrisy]

6. Trump would find the timing to be "strange" and wouldn't believe it.

[Brother Buzz]

8. Especially after he's been comping that fake bin Laden impostor in the Trump Taj Mahal Casino

preemptive strikes again

[madokie]

10. tRump will claim he did it

[bmbmd]

9. What would change?

Maybe we can love each other again. Bring the troops home.

[Duer 157099]

11. Somebody has a good campaign slogan

otherwise, nothing

[malaise]

13. It would kill the biggest dick of them all

:evilgrin:

[cbdo2007]

14. It's very symbolic.

[jp11]

15. Somebody moves up on the most wanted list?

[southernyankeebelle]

16. Nothing changes. It gives the US a boost of morale. It is a ribbon in Obama's hat and he can say

to the republicans, Fuck off, now what you going to say?

[Skip Intro]

19. right. it's a show. vote for me. we humans are so obedient.

[DCBob]

20. Its a major blow to the psychology of AQ.

It will probably make it more difficult for AQ to get recruits. They have been brought down several notches and could be the beginning of making them an insignificant terrorist group.

[NYC Liberal]

22. Even if it doesn't actually change much, the symbolism

in it is very powerful...it's something many people have been waiting for - Osama's death or capture.

[OnyxCollie]

23. I like that you began your question with "If..."

I believed that bin Laden was dead years ago.

I believed Benazir Bhutto when she said bin Laden was dead. And then she was assassinated. But, I digress.

I believe, no, I know and can prove the war in Iraq is based on lies, so why should I believe what my government tells me and why should I start believing it now?