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Originally Posted by Dollarmansteve
You can see my response above. Sorry, I do have a job. Anyway, I didnt address your tape issue. The fact is, you have not referenced the tape, you are referencing one frame of a tape that you think shows someone who is not Osama Bin Laden.
Please, watch the tape in its entirety - and at least entertain the possibility that it is actually him - because you have to agree that there is possible that its him, right? Would that not seem slightly logical?
If you refuse to even believe that it could possibly be him - then there's no point is discussing the issue since you've already made up your mind. Also, the burden of proof lies not on me to prove to you that it is in fact Bin Laden, the burden of proof is with you to prove otherwise. As it stands, the case presented is of one still frame and that doesnt do it for me (or anyone).
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How is the burden of proof on me? This tape is the only evidence that Bin Laden is behind the attack, and on this assumption, we have waged war against two nations, and now a proxy war against a third, not to mention rolling back our civil liberties which took decades of struggle for our forefather to win.
I would suggest that the burden of proof is on the government to prove to me, an American, military aged, tax paying citizen, that the tape is Bin Laden. I could make a tape of me in a turban saying that I'm Bin Laden and am responsible for the Oklahoma City bombing. The burden of proof is not on the people who would view it as a fabrication, it is on the people who would use the video as evidence of something.
I have watched the entire video, I used a picture because that is the easiest thing to post. If you have not seen the video tell me and I will provide a link.
Before seeing it, of course I believed it was him. After carefully reviewing it, I do not believe there is a possibility that it is him in this video. Yes of course I have made up my mind about this, I reviewed it carefully and came to that conclusion. In my opinion there are several aspects of this video that prove beyond any reasonable doubt that the video is not him. This does not mean I take it as proof that Bin Laden was not involved in the attacks, it simply means I believe the video is not of Bin Ladin. Which should raise question that need answers.