Re: Osama Bin Laden is dead - USA has body!
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Originally Posted by Chewbacca
Sources tell ABC News that in March President Obama authorized the development of a plan for the U.S. to bomb Osama bin Laden’s Abbottabad compound with two B2 stealth bombers dropping a few dozen 2,000-pound JDAMs (Joint Direct Attack Munitions) on the compound.
But when the president heard the compound would be reduced to rubble he chose not to pursue that option.
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I had heard that the reason the bombing approach was not chosen was that there was a good chance there wouldn't be a body to identify if it were successful. No mention of the potential damage to the compound was indicated.
That said, this quote (attributed to Mark Twain) seems very apropos:
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Originally Posted by Mark Twain
I've never wished a man dead, but I have read some obituaries with great pleasure.
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Give 'em a hug one more time. It might be the last.
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