Politics: Where Is Osama Bin Laden?

MIT has published a study by two UCLA professors Thomas W. Gillespie and John A. Agnew who believe they have a good idea where Osama Bin Laden might be hiding out.  Over a decade has passed since Bin Laden was added to the FBI's Most Wanted List for his role in the Kenya and Tanzania embassy bombings and now his hiding spot might have been discovered using the same methods that researchers use to find endangered species.  Taking into account Bin Laden’s need for: electricity to power dialysis and communicate, extra rooms for bodyguards, and ceilings to accommodate his 6’ 4” height, Gillespie and Agnew believe they’ve narrowed the possibilities down to a few locations. If Bin Laden is found, will these guys get the $50 Million reward?  

With regards to finding Bin Laden, others have expressed different ideas:  

George W. Bush said, "I truly am not that concerned about him" when speaking to the press on March 13, 2002.

On October 7, 2008, presidential candidate John McCain said, "I'll get Osama Bin Laden my friends, I'll get him.  I know how to get him.  I'll get him no matter what and I know how to do it."  I wonder if he's shared this secret plan with President Obama yet.

With less than a week before being sworn in as president, Barack Obama had the following to say, “My preference obviously would be to capture him or kill him, but if we have so tightened the noose that he’s in a cave somewhere and can’t even communicate with his operatives then we will meet our goal of protecting America.”  

Well, Obama has just vowed to send 17,000 more troops to Afghanistan. Let's hope these men and women aren't wasting any more time over there.

Last year, Morgan Spurlock, director of “Super Size Me” made a whole movie based on the subject titled, “Where in the World is Osama Bin Laden?”  Did anyone see this?  I didn’t, but can guess Spurlock wasn’t able to find O.B.L. himself.

Comments

[audio4freaking]

A big chunk of Obama's campaign was based off the premise of not sending more troops overseas, and now he's green lighting 17,000 more? I guess since it isn't Iraq ppl won't question it. So what's he gonna do, bring back troops from Iraq and resend them to Afghanistan along with new soldiers? Our reserves are empty and barely anyone is signing up anymore. Hopefully we won't need to begin drafting again.

I hope we don't end up with a situation of same script, different cast when it comes to how our military deals with the world.

[Torr]

http://www.theaustralian.news.com.au/story/0,25197,24918025-26397,00.html

Obama, Jan 2009:

"My preference obviously would be to capture or kill him. But if we have so tightened the noose that he's in a cave somewhere and can't even communicate with his operatives, then we will meet our goal of protecting America."

"We have to so weaken [bin Laden's] infrastructure that, whether he is technically alive or not, he is so pinned down that he cannot function and I'm confident that we can keep them on the run and ensure that they cannot train terrorists to attack our homeland."

At the October 7 2008 presidential debate, Mr Obama stated, "We will kill bin Laden. We will crush al-Qaeda. That has to be our biggest national security priority."

[Marc]

Let's not forget about the rising body count in Pakistan! Obama's continued bombing is an "act of war" against the people who live in that region.

[Elyssa]

Spurlock's documentary, while being semi-satirical, was a really good watch. The main purpose was to show that Pakistani and other Middle Eastern people were just as concerned about finding Bin Laden as the US is; it portrayed the humanity of the actual people. I was also entertaining to watch him ask random people on the street if they knew where Bin Laden was.