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Originally Posted by GregE
Roughly 3000 dead sounds like a mass of murdered people to me.
And before you start going on and on and on about Bush and Obama's "crimes", keep in mind that September 11, 2001 preceded (and precipitated) all of that.
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I think what he was trying to imply is there's no proof or reason to believe Bin Laden did 9/11 other than the US saying so within minutes of the attacks.
- When the world asked for proof of this, Colin Powell went on big media TV and said a white paper would be released establishing their evidence shortly. It never came.
- When asked by the press if the government knew who did 9/11, the administration said the proof would be produced... eventually. It never did.
- When the Taliban offered to turn over bin Laden to US Justice, upon any evidence of bin Laden's implication, the US refused, preferring the path to war in Afghanistan over divulging any evidence they may have had of Osama's guilt.
- When the FBI was asked point-blank about why bin Laden's online "Wanted" notice didn't mention 9/11, they said there was no proof. Bin Laden's FBI status remained unchanged for 10 years. It was updated to "deceased" within hours of the the hit on him.
- When Bin Laden was asked multiple times, he denied involvement. This is what he said:
"The United States should try to trace the perpetrators of these attacks within itself; the people who are a part of the U.S. system, but are dissenting against it. Or those who are working for some other system; persons who want to make the present century as a century of conflict between Islam and Christianity so that their own civilization, nation, country, or ideology could survive."
Bin Laden never took responsibility for 9/11, despite an obtuse reference four years later in a speech which the US government declared to be an admission. It wasn't.
Nobody has claimed responsibility.
The US doesn't like having moles and spies and assassinations within its borders, and declares allegiance to the rule of law, but doesn't hold itself up to the same standards it does other sovereign states.
If bin Laden was guilty or not, the US professes they don't have the proof. They just "know". The assassination could have been vindicated by revealing links and evidence establishing guilt, and it wasn't.
The mission seemed designed to dispose of an asset, employee or agent, who had become a liability or was no longer needed.
If "the terrorists" or "Al Qaeda" or whoever you believe is the overmind of "the enemy" comes out with a statement that bin Laden is indeed dead, it won't confirm that he was actually killed Sunday or alive at the time. It will just serve as an excuse not to release any photographic evidence, and confirm the government's morphing story.
Whatever the reality, the story is a good one if it leads to withdrawal from Iraq and Afghanistan.
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