Boy, do they ever. Roland Shirk has this on various reactions from high ranking muckety-mucks in Washington.
From Jihad Watch May 2 by Roland Shirk
Republican presidential hopeful Donald Trump: “I'm very happy to hear these reports of Mr. Laden's supposed 'death.' But I don't think the American people are going to be satisfied with rumors, second-hand reports, and some hasty, secret burial at sea. This so-called 'deather' issue won't be put to bed until President Obama does the right thing: What Americans want to see is the long form of Mr. Laden's Hawaiian death certificate. Then they want my team of top-notch, world-class investigators to go over the paperwork and make sure everything is hunky-dory. Pending that, I consider myself guardedly optimistic that Mr. Laden might be dead. But the President has got some serious questions to answer, unless in two years he wants to hear the voters tell him, 'You're fired.'"
M.I.T. linguist and international gadfly Prof. Noam Chomsky: “This kind of killing for hire, conducted by the agents of a transnational hyperpower on the soil of an impoverished, developing country that is still recovering from the brutal heritage of Western colonialism, accomplished in secret then trumpeted by the agents of Corporate Media, is just what we have come to expect from the Warfare State. As the last and ugliest manifestation of Late Capitalism, fighting off the death convulsions of irresolvable internal contradictions, secret murder is only a symptom, and we should not be fooled by those who think that putting a stop to CIA and Mossad assassinations will do more than slow down by a few months the inevitable collapse of Amerika's narco-terrorist plutocracy.”
Republican Congressman Ron Paul: “Muslims are killing people over here because we're killing Muslims over there. I don't see how one more death makes Americans any safer. It will only provoke more vengeance and acts of terrorism. If the Islamic world could be liberated from the tyranny of fiat currency and central banking, and given instead a sound currency based on the gold standard, they wouldn't be driven by economic anxiety to follow statists like Mr. Bin Laden who wish to violate the individual rights of workers in the financial industry, as tragically occurred on Sept. 11, 2001.”
Neoconservative author Dinesh D'Souza: “For every one terrorist we kill, somewhere in the Western media two breasts are emerging with impudence from the willfully opened bodice of some strumpet, an image which corruscates at the speed of light through the congeries of the Internet, to provoke and enrage with rightful indignation young Muslim men against the suppurations of post-Enlightenment moral decay. For each pair of heaving young breasts, I estimate that four new jihad terrorists will rise up to avenge the honor of womanhood, through misguided acts of terrorism aimed at icons of Occidental decadence such as skyscrapers, metro stations, and Coptic churches. Translating bin Laden into an existentially negative state does nothing, so long as the young, fresh white skin of blonde Americans is being recklessly presented to a world of indignant brown Arab eyes.”
Abp. Renato Martino, former Vatican Observer at the United Nations: “Whatever he may or may not have done, Osama bin Laden had human dignity, and such dignity demands an infinite respect. We learn from the Gospel that we must not treat even Saddam Hussein, or Osama bin Laden, as means but as ends in themselves. How is that solemn demand satisfied by this shooting of the man, this tossing of his body into the sea? He was not granted a trial, a chance to defend himself, or even an opportunity to say goodbye to his family—this for a man with many, many wives and children. Think of how they are grieving today, these last and unrecognized victims of 9/11.”
Foreign policy analyst Max Boot: “I stand today vindicated. The surge is working. Our occupation of Afghanistan and Iraq is finally paying off. I knew that if enough Americans were willing to bite the bullet and spend the blood, toil, and treasure required to stay the course, to keep enough American boots on the ground, we would put an end to terrorism. Of course, the battle has just begun. There is far, far more to do. I have derived from this great success a strategic ratio: To execute one major terrorist leader, it is needful that the forces of freedom occupy two terrorist haven countries for a combined total of 19 years. The answer to 9/11 is 2/19. We didn't know this going in, but you don't always know the price it's going to take, defeating evil. Now we do. Armed with this geostrategy, we know what to do going forward: Locate and occupy the next two terrorist havens, and impose on those places a regime of absolute, mandatory freedom for 19 years. Our analysts are already looking for the next two prime targets in the enduring peace offensive. I can't speak authoritatively—I have yet to meet with my advisors in the national security, ex-military, and policy community—but I strongly suspect that the short list of potential candidates for liberation includes Pakistan, Indonesia, Turkey, and the United Kingdom.”
From Jihad Watch May 2 by Roland Shirk
Reactions Vary to Bin Laden's Death
The violent end of terrorist mastermind Osama bin Laden has provoked a wider variety of responses than expected. While many in the West welcomed news that a CIA operation had “terminated” the jihadist “with extreme prejudice,” some public figures expressed more nuanced responses:Republican presidential hopeful Donald Trump: “I'm very happy to hear these reports of Mr. Laden's supposed 'death.' But I don't think the American people are going to be satisfied with rumors, second-hand reports, and some hasty, secret burial at sea. This so-called 'deather' issue won't be put to bed until President Obama does the right thing: What Americans want to see is the long form of Mr. Laden's Hawaiian death certificate. Then they want my team of top-notch, world-class investigators to go over the paperwork and make sure everything is hunky-dory. Pending that, I consider myself guardedly optimistic that Mr. Laden might be dead. But the President has got some serious questions to answer, unless in two years he wants to hear the voters tell him, 'You're fired.'"
M.I.T. linguist and international gadfly Prof. Noam Chomsky: “This kind of killing for hire, conducted by the agents of a transnational hyperpower on the soil of an impoverished, developing country that is still recovering from the brutal heritage of Western colonialism, accomplished in secret then trumpeted by the agents of Corporate Media, is just what we have come to expect from the Warfare State. As the last and ugliest manifestation of Late Capitalism, fighting off the death convulsions of irresolvable internal contradictions, secret murder is only a symptom, and we should not be fooled by those who think that putting a stop to CIA and Mossad assassinations will do more than slow down by a few months the inevitable collapse of Amerika's narco-terrorist plutocracy.”
Republican Congressman Ron Paul: “Muslims are killing people over here because we're killing Muslims over there. I don't see how one more death makes Americans any safer. It will only provoke more vengeance and acts of terrorism. If the Islamic world could be liberated from the tyranny of fiat currency and central banking, and given instead a sound currency based on the gold standard, they wouldn't be driven by economic anxiety to follow statists like Mr. Bin Laden who wish to violate the individual rights of workers in the financial industry, as tragically occurred on Sept. 11, 2001.”
Neoconservative author Dinesh D'Souza: “For every one terrorist we kill, somewhere in the Western media two breasts are emerging with impudence from the willfully opened bodice of some strumpet, an image which corruscates at the speed of light through the congeries of the Internet, to provoke and enrage with rightful indignation young Muslim men against the suppurations of post-Enlightenment moral decay. For each pair of heaving young breasts, I estimate that four new jihad terrorists will rise up to avenge the honor of womanhood, through misguided acts of terrorism aimed at icons of Occidental decadence such as skyscrapers, metro stations, and Coptic churches. Translating bin Laden into an existentially negative state does nothing, so long as the young, fresh white skin of blonde Americans is being recklessly presented to a world of indignant brown Arab eyes.”
Abp. Renato Martino, former Vatican Observer at the United Nations: “Whatever he may or may not have done, Osama bin Laden had human dignity, and such dignity demands an infinite respect. We learn from the Gospel that we must not treat even Saddam Hussein, or Osama bin Laden, as means but as ends in themselves. How is that solemn demand satisfied by this shooting of the man, this tossing of his body into the sea? He was not granted a trial, a chance to defend himself, or even an opportunity to say goodbye to his family—this for a man with many, many wives and children. Think of how they are grieving today, these last and unrecognized victims of 9/11.”
Foreign policy analyst Max Boot: “I stand today vindicated. The surge is working. Our occupation of Afghanistan and Iraq is finally paying off. I knew that if enough Americans were willing to bite the bullet and spend the blood, toil, and treasure required to stay the course, to keep enough American boots on the ground, we would put an end to terrorism. Of course, the battle has just begun. There is far, far more to do. I have derived from this great success a strategic ratio: To execute one major terrorist leader, it is needful that the forces of freedom occupy two terrorist haven countries for a combined total of 19 years. The answer to 9/11 is 2/19. We didn't know this going in, but you don't always know the price it's going to take, defeating evil. Now we do. Armed with this geostrategy, we know what to do going forward: Locate and occupy the next two terrorist havens, and impose on those places a regime of absolute, mandatory freedom for 19 years. Our analysts are already looking for the next two prime targets in the enduring peace offensive. I can't speak authoritatively—I have yet to meet with my advisors in the national security, ex-military, and policy community—but I strongly suspect that the short list of potential candidates for liberation includes Pakistan, Indonesia, Turkey, and the United Kingdom.”
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