People act like if Osama had been killed, 9/11 wouldn't have happened

[priller]

How do they know? It's entirely possible that would have made AQ even more determined to attack the US.

Futher, they act like AQ would have just disintegrated if only they could have knocked off Osama. Just like assassinating Yasin isn't going to end Hamas, Osama kicking the bucket isn't going to destroy AQ.

[Fargin Ice Hole]

1. Where's the Proof that Osama even did it?

[kera]

2. your question will perhaps be addressed in 100 years from now///

if the survivors (if any) had not mutated into an animal specie.But we are able to guess based on our undestanding of who really run the world

[burrowowl]

3. And if he is killed now

It won't make a difference.

Peace and Justice!

Cutting out a tumor without getting to the cause is futile.

[eridani]

4. The football analogy

If you want to prevent the other side from scoring, the defense has to go for the backs and the receivers, not head for the stands to try to tackle the chair of the alumni fundraising group. (Taking out the latter might help defeat longterm teambuilding efforts, though.)

[Sanity]

5. Didn't Rummy say this?

???

[RapidCreek]

6. I think it was That Famous Lukid, Paul Wolfowitz

RC

[Disturbed]

7. Osama is the PR Guy

Capturing or assasinating him would strengthen AL Q. They would have a martyr forever. Al Q. is a group of small cells that act on their own now. The invasion Iraq and Afghanistan has expanded Al Q. and their largest number are in Indonesia where they are gaining new members. The latest show with Pakistan is merely for political reasons to show Amererican that Bushco is fighting terrorism.

[Karenina]

9. I don't know whether to laugh or cry...

LAUGH at the utter nonsense Americans swallow about the nature of Al Q or weep bitter tears at the exponentially increasing devastation- a DIRECT RESULT of such rank ignorance...

My neighbor from Morocco 'splained it ALL to me the other evening after whipping up another scrumptious meal (his mama sho' done raised him right). Abdul had me laughing so hard the tears were rolling and my sides hurt the next morning. Leider, so much of what he said requires an understanding of peoples, communities and pidgin Deutsch. It wasn't so much the words he used or misused, it was the IDEA he so clearly conveyed. My point is this: Al Q is and IDEA. It's a "meme." Bombs are as effective a tool as employing a chainsaw to cut soft butter. All you end up with is fat splattered EVERYWHERE. Taking Osama out is as effective as removing that *dimwit from office. Neither is in control of the machinery for which they front.

[RapidCreek]

8. Oops no I am Wrong....not about Lukid/Wolfowitz

but about who said it...you were correct.

RC