Osama’s Death Changes Almost Nothing: Osama still won

[Karmadillo]

http://www.ianwelsh.net/osamas-death-changes-almost-nothing/

Osama’s Death Changes Almost Nothing
2011 May 2

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Osama still won: Yeah, sorry, but Osama’s goal was to push the US into imperial overreach, causing economic collapse. He succeeded, with a lot of help from Bush and Obama’s stupidity, and there was nothing in Obama’s little speech that indicated he intended to seize this opportunity to pull out of Iraq, Afghanistan and end the security state. If anything, the security state will go into even further overdrive. Enjoy being groped.

No Drawdown, No End to Destruction of Civil Liberties And yeah, if Osama hated America because of America’s freedoms (he didn’t) well he still won. The 4th amendment is dead, the 1st is on life support, and the TSA freely humiliates you or denies you freedom to travel at their whim.

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[GomezLives]

1. If Osama was Charlie Sheen

[ScreamingMeemie]

11. ...

:spray:

[ProSense]

2. Osama’s Death Changes Almost Nothing: There are still racists! n/t

[hobbit709]

3. But you are a naysayer if you point this out.

Or so I was told last night.

[Starry Messenger]

4. k&r

[Bonobo]

5. Why do you hate America? nt

[alcibiades_mystery]

6. Yeesh

[Bicoastal]

7. I'm starting to get really tired of being called dumb for feeling good about this.

It hasn't even been 24 hours. Does it make any sense to write these sweeping statements about the future when we don't even have a clear idea of the present yet?

There's some serious black hole-cynicism at work here. I can't say for certain, but I'm guessing that yesterday at this time, this writer would have considered Bin Laden's liberty another huge failure on the part of our government.

A day later, it's "Yeah, but it doesn't matter 'cuz we're doomed anyway."

[ixion]

8. exactly

All this celebrating is rubbish, in my opinion.

[Solomon]

13. Yeah, since it accomplished nothing we should have just let him

keep skulking around in caves and plotting against us.

[Karmadillo]

9. Kick

nt

[IsItJustMe]

10. USA USA USA USA USA

Not much reflection going on here today, but lots of arrogance and stupidity. Our freedoms have tremendously been erroded since the fear mongering of the Bush days.

You're post should be right up there in the top 10 as far recommends goes because what you are saying has a lot truth to it. To me this an indicator of just how far down the slope we have slip since 9/11. The loss of our freedoms will continue until we get the lessons that are involved here.

[Broderick]

12. Can we abolish the TSA now?