Awesome: American arrested in Pakistan for hunting Bin Laden
posted at 9:37 pm on June 15, 2010 by Allahpundit
The feelgood story of the day, and I mean that sincerely. There’s something a bit “off” about a dude who thinks he’s going to bust into Camp Osama and take out the big fish ninja-style, but hey, he’s trying. Almost 10 years later, in failing health, he still feels the pain acutely enough to risk beheading in the name of exacting justice. And not for the first time, either: As you’ll see from the interview with his brother, this ain’t his first rodeo in Bin Laden’s backyard.
His brother’s not kidding either about Faulkner having done his homework on Osama’s whereabouts. Dexter Filkins, one of the NYT’s top Middle East correspondents, took to their blog today to say that Chitral, where Faulkner was arrested, is indeed at the top of the list for U.S. intelligence of possible Bin Laden hideouts. (The Counterterrorism Blog counters that that might have been true a year ago but likely isn’t true anymore, now that the Pakistani army has established a presence in the area.) Either way, be sure to read the Journal’s profile of the man of the moment, especially the character sketch near the end. It’s downright touching. Exit quotation: “‘Who says, ‘Why do I rob banks? Because that’s where the money is,’ Dr. Faulkner asked. He said his brother went to Pakistan because ‘that’s where Osama is.’”
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Indeed. I’m appalled at all the people here who think that lone yahoos with no proper military training, backup, or intelligence running around in highly hostile territory is a good idea. This dumb@$$ is lucky his John Wayne roleplay didn’t end with him being beheaded in front of a camera.
Dark-Star on June 16, 2010 at 7:22 AM
Hey MadAsAMarchHareConservative and Aquateen Dumberforce, why don’t you put your money where your fat mouth is and try hunting for Osama yourself, like this guy did?
Oh…that’s right…you’re armchair generals and have a functioning survival instinct.
Dark-Star on June 16, 2010 at 7:25 AM
and why’s that? because i think its stupid to be calling people “liberal wussies” because they don’t support amateurs waltzing into one of the worst places in the world to “kill bin laden”?
in all seriousness
no language skills
a handgun and a sword
really. good luck getting near UBL.
blatantblue on June 16, 2010 at 7:49 AM
yea, the jackass on the first page did strike a nerve with me, with his comment, because he’s so STUPID.
yea it’s all nice and patriotic. as i said on the previous page, i don’t doubt the man’s intentions.
but please, i won’t support a man with no pashtun, urdu, or arabic under his belt, going into an incredibly hostile (in terms of population and terrain) place with a handgun and sword, thinking he’s going to get UBL.
yes
it takes balls
yes
his intentions were good
NO
IT WAS NOT A GOOD IDEA. and to call it “dangerous” doesn’t make one a “liberal wussy.” I simply can’t take the thickheadedness that is growing amongst the members of the right.
blatantblue on June 16, 2010 at 7:53 AM
and as someone first mentioned on the previous thread
what are you gonna’ do?
take out UBL’s entire cadre with a sword and handgun, while they’re sporting RPGs, Kalishnakovs, grenades, maybe a few American style ARs, and all that?
yea?
blatantblue on June 16, 2010 at 7:54 AM
and i just find this statement to be highly ironic
blatantblue on June 16, 2010 at 7:56 AM
Maybe if our military didn’t have it’s collective hands tied and were allowed to do the job they could be doing over there, this man would not have felt the need to do this. It may be ill advised but so what.
Sporty1946 on June 16, 2010 at 8:04 AM
Congress needs to hand out Letters of Marque and Reprisal… set up a nice system of accountability and fitness for it. Then hand out the Letters. They aren’t ‘mercenaries’… think of it as ‘repo man’ where they only get what they can get their hands on. Which would include those wanted with a price on their heads. Plus all their stuff… especially all their stuff and sell it at auction for what you can get.
That is the kind of war we are in.
I would prefer accountable citizens doing that job via sanction. I’m sure we would get some takers for that… sooner or later, once we have exhausted everything that doesn’t work, we will be forced to use the tools that do work. That would be assuming all the risk for a chance at a reward… and those supplying our enemies would know that they have just joined the confiscation line-up, too. I don’t want terrorists dead so much as hounded to the ends of the Earth, friendless, no one willing to sell them anything and wondering just who will come after them next.
ajacksonian on June 16, 2010 at 8:18 AM
I’ll put aside your multiple scoffing rants that anyone other than the US military could possibly do anything about Bin Laden, and your own douchey bravado in repeating the douchey line “what are you gonna do?”, to which the answer is “more than you”.
You keep calling this guy an amateur, and claiming to know his skill set. You don’t. You’re assuming him to be completely ignorant of any languages over there. You’re assuming him to be completely devoid of any abilities that could allow to carry out his task, when you have no damned idea. The only irony here is that you’re pronouncing another man’s ignorance…based entirely on your own.
Ultimately, your entire attitude of “a handgun and a sword, good luck!” is pure condescension. Guess what? You can condescend all you like when you go over there and acquire what you consider a proper arsenal, and do your own hunt.
MadisonConservative on June 16, 2010 at 8:32 AM
What the hell are you babbling about?
MadisonConservative on June 16, 2010 at 8:33 AM
I agree with everything you say except I do want the terrorists dead. I don’t want to have to worry whether they have been ‘reformed’.
I just want them dead.
Sporty1946 on June 16, 2010 at 8:36 AM
And this years Darwin award goes to …
kregg on June 16, 2010 at 8:36 AM
Startling the number of keyboard commandos here with the gall to talk about how much of an idiot they think this guy is. Waiting for them to post the details of their trips to show how much more they know about hunting terrorists than he does.
MadisonConservative on June 16, 2010 at 8:41 AM
it’s funny seeing “douchey bravado” come from YOU, of all people.
well, he must be an amateur if he thinks he’s going to penetrate UBLs circle with a sword and a handgun.
this isn’t about being condescending (which appears to something you’re going to rely on since you can’t dismiss what I’m saying), this is about not supporting silly and dangerous adventures like this.
blatantblue on June 16, 2010 at 8:41 AM
Did I claim I could do a better job?
No.
What’s with the straw man, Madison?
blatantblue on June 16, 2010 at 8:42 AM
At least we know why he was there. What was Obama’s purpose in life when he went there?
LarryG on June 16, 2010 at 8:42 AM
In fact, I WOULDN’T do what this guy did. Here’s why:
As I speak, there are highly trained individuals, with superior firepower, technology, superior physical ability, and steely grit, traversing the mountain peaks in Waziristan, doing their best to find him.
blatantblue on June 16, 2010 at 8:43 AM
Multiple times, yes.
Once again, until you’ve gone in with a different arsenal, and can tell us about how effective it was, you can stop being such a douche.
MadisonConservative on June 16, 2010 at 8:44 AM
Who do you think has a better chance of finding him?
Experience, war-wise special operations soldiers, and intelligence operatives, or me (or a construction worker and his sword)?
HMMMM
blatantblue on June 16, 2010 at 8:44 AM
no i didn’t. in fact, i didn’t say once i’d go over there and do anything. stop being a liar.
blatantblue on June 16, 2010 at 8:45 AM
i’m done with this conversation
i’m going to leave before you try to drag this further into the mud with your name calling and lies
blatantblue on June 16, 2010 at 8:48 AM
Multiple times you’ve scoffed at him, his arsenal, and his tactics. That’s implication that you could do better. Otherwise, you’re just talking out of…well, where you normally talk out of.
MadisonConservative on June 16, 2010 at 8:48 AM
Some might want to give him a Darwin award, but I wish I had a few million dollars to give him so he can pursue his passion of the last ten years and recruit other like minded patriots. I was extremely touched that his brother might think his brother’s passion to go hunt this murdering terrorist is a little loco, but he supports his wish. The bonds of brotherly love sometimes defy logic, but that is why it is termed love. Good Luck to our new Mr. America!
devolvingtowardsidiocracy on June 16, 2010 at 8:49 AM
At this point, 9 years after the attack, and those war-wise special ops soldiers and intelligence operatives haven’t found him?
I’d say your chances are even.
MadisonConservative on June 16, 2010 at 8:49 AM
that’s all i need to know, from you.
why are you mocking our fighting men?
blatantblue on June 16, 2010 at 8:53 AM
you shouldn’t even be in the Green Room, with the stupid drivel you pen on threads like this
blatantblue on June 16, 2010 at 8:54 AM
good day to you MC
grow up
blatantblue on June 16, 2010 at 8:54 AM
At least we know why he was there. What was Obama’s purpose in life when he went there?
LarryG on June 16, 2010 at 8:42 AM
He needed another source to supply his illicit drug habit and business.
devolvingtowardsidiocracy on June 16, 2010 at 8:55 AM
So pointing out that they haven’t caught him is “mocking them”?
Interesting. I thought that was a basic fact we could all agree on.
Or…wait…are you claiming I’m mocking military men by comparing them to this guy? I see them both as ballsy, valiant men. You see this guy as some idiot who doesn’t know nearly as much as…well…you do.
Only one of us here is slighting either this guy or the military, and it ain’t me.
MadisonConservative on June 16, 2010 at 9:00 AM
Probably not the best way to handle the situation, but I don’t see how it could hurt. If he wants to hunt the man, he should be able to.
Heralder on June 16, 2010 at 9:04 AM
All I need to know about you is that you think a man with a sword and handgun has “even chances” of finding/capturing/killing UBL, and getting through his remaining O55 Brigade and AQ members first as a Special Operations/Intelligence team does.
blatantblue on June 16, 2010 at 9:14 AM
THAT is mocking the military, my friend. Go write about Call of Duty, or something.
blatantblue on June 16, 2010 at 9:15 AM
The man put his life the line to fight evil.
He most likely has “issues” and everything else. But what he went to do, doesn’t deserve the punkish comments directed against him.
He might be charging windmills, but he isn’t just being what we are. People who are reading stories and commenting on them.
TiminPhx on June 16, 2010 at 9:17 AM
Again, considering that in nine years, Special Ops hasn’t found him, yes, the chances are even. This guy just started, and you don’t have any clue about his abilities or tactics, but you’re willing to dismiss him because of the arsenal he had on himself at the time of his arrest. Gee, I wonder why you’re not on that Intelligence team?
Again, until you can come back and tell us how it’s done, how you went over there and scouted the area, acquired better weapons, and mingled with the populace…quit acting like you know any better than a guy who did what you haven’t.
MadisonConservative on June 16, 2010 at 9:23 AM
Pointing out that after nine years they, and all the professional mercs, haven’t found him is not mockery, no matter how much you like to think it is. And again, comparing them to this guy isn’t mockery. You only think it’s mockery because you mock this guy. I mock neither. I respect them both. I respect you a lot less since you show him none.
I never claimed to be more than a writer. You claim to know better than a man who has been to that area half a dozen times. How many times have you been to Afghanistan/Pakistan?
MadisonConservative on June 16, 2010 at 9:26 AM
Always fascinating when this BS comes up.
MadisonConservative on June 16, 2010 at 9:27 AM
Saying that he’s an amateur is 100% correct. In fact, anyone who isn’t a fighting member of Delta, SEAL, CIA, SAS, JTF2, or any of the other elite intelligence/commando units shouldn’t be doing this.
The guy has a sword and pistol.
A fucking sword.
That’s not condescending, it’s insane.
I mean, the guy has brass balls, I’ll give him that, but in no way is this a good idea.
You-Eh-Vee on June 16, 2010 at 10:14 AM
As is saying that everyone here who has never been to Pakistan, much less half a dozen times, are even more amateurish. Hence, their arrogant condescension is ridiculous.
MadisonConservative on June 16, 2010 at 10:32 AM
Give that guy a letter of Marque and I’ll get behind his effort. Otherwise, aren’t there laws against this. I can understand his anger. Channel it into something more fruitful.
jdpaz on June 16, 2010 at 10:36 AM
I’m unsure, but given that there is a bounty on him, I wouldn’t think so.
Heralder on June 16, 2010 at 10:41 AM
Traveling to Pakistan doesn’t make you an expert in counter terrorism – never mind an expert in hunting the most wanted terrorist on planet earth.
Again, he had a sword. That seems to hint towards mental illness.
Extensive training, experience in war theaters, the right equipment, and the support of our intelligence agencies is what separates this guy from the real players.
In fact, he’s lucky he was arrested instead of captured by the lunatics he’s searching for. He’s only one man against what I can only imagine is quite an elaborate and heavily armed terrorist group.
He’s certainly brave though.
You-Eh-Vee on June 16, 2010 at 11:06 AM
After reading some comments here, I am amused to find that some think he perhaps in theory, should have had maybe some sort of permit & had gone through maybe some sort of a special Kill Osama training camp in order to be fully qualified in order to hunt down the guy & kill him.
Considering that we really don’t know what his abilities are, it’s useless at this point to judge whether he’s crazy or not.
Even if he is, it’s his own skin & not yours, so what in the hell does anyone care if he’s over there trying to do something that the military’s been trying to do for 10 yrs?
Considering that the military is being run ultimately by bureaucrats who can’t find their a$$ in the dark with both hands, I can’t fault anyone trying this.
Again, it’s HIS risk to take.
And who knows what he can do.
So perhaps these same people who judge this man for trying to conduct operations the military cannot get done are the same people who would rather wait around for the police to protect them from a home invader rather than protect themselves.
Maybe they’re the same people who would wait for the police to conduct a search for a missing family member who’s been abducted bcs they’re ‘specially trained’ rather than mount an amateur search themselves.
Ridiculous assumptions about this man.
I again will say, if he wants to do this, who are we to ridicule him for it?
It’s HIS risk.
Badger40 on June 16, 2010 at 11:12 AM
In that region, carrying a sword might just be a great idea; it would help him to be seen as a local who is probably connected to a tribe or group of fighters, thus less likely to be questioned or suspected of being against the Talibs/AQ.
You see a guy in local garb, shaggy beard, and carrying a sword in that area, your first impression is most likely not going to be “Hey, that guy’s an American hunting for Bin Laden!”
hillbillyjim on June 16, 2010 at 11:14 AM
I would also like to say that it’s really a good thing that people didn’t stand back & just let the ‘military’ fight their battles for freedom for them in events like the American “Rancid”.
Also, consider the civilians who fought in the Soviet Union during WWII bcs the govt couldn’t get it’s act together.
So a person who carries a sword is potentially mentally ill?
Are you mentally ill?
Bcs that’s a ridiculous assumption.
I would wager that over there weapons are probably at a premium & since they live like they’re in the 7th century anyway, a sword would be my weapon of choice over nothing.
Badger40 on June 16, 2010 at 11:16 AM
It makes him more knowledgeable and learned about what he’s doing than people who haven’t been over there. So, once again, why are people who have done less than him thinking they have some position from which they can scoff at him?
…unless swords are carried over there, which, according to his brother, they are. Maybe he could tell us. After all, he’s been over there. I haven’t. Have you?
And not having caught Bin Laden yet is what they have in common. Oh, and the “real players” have been at it for nearly a decade, with no success.
One man makes all the difference. I’ll tell you what: he’s making more of a difference than any of the keyboard commandos here dismissing his efforts.
MadisonConservative on June 16, 2010 at 11:17 AM
Who would enforce such laws over there?
Is there really any meaningful law over there about anything?
Give me a break.
And even if it was against the law in the US, since it’s over there, it wouldn’t matter anyway.
Badger40 on June 16, 2010 at 11:18 AM
Not surprised to see people here making a two time prison inmate and woman-beater a hero.
fastestslug on June 16, 2010 at 11:39 AM
Its funny how some people here are displaying the typical elitist attitude that THEY know better than anyone else about how others should act or behave (points finger at blatant, Dark, ernesto, etc).
What in the heck gives you the right to tell others how to live their lives? You see, in this country, despite your best efforts, there is this little thing called FREEDOM!
You can sit up on your high-horse all day long and TELL others how stupid they are, or how what they are doing is foolish, or how you know so much better than anyone else what should be done, but the bottom line is American’s are free and, for at least a little longer, can do whatever in the hell they want to despite your little rants and whines.
People like you guys make me sick. Run your own damn lives and quit acting like you are so danged superior to everyone else to the point where you would deny them the ability to act on their own free will. If you don’t like it, don’t do it, but keep you mealy mouthed, wussy little smug opinions ot yourselves and let better men, free men, do what they believe needs to be done.
I hate elitists who believe they have the right to dictate to everyone else exactly how things should be done. They will be the death of freedom and liberty in this world!
Fatal on June 16, 2010 at 11:48 AM
No, people who carry a sword in hopes of using to kill the worlds most wanted – and defended – terrorist is.
Nice try though.
You-Eh-Vee on June 16, 2010 at 11:48 AM
Better men? He broke into and robbed innocent peoples homes, moron. Have you ever had your home robbed? I have. He also has a record for domestic violence. You know, I can totally see this kind of person being your hero.
fastestslug on June 16, 2010 at 11:54 AM
Assuming you know what you’re talking about, why?
Have you seen a pattern of HA posters making prison inmates and woman-beaters out to be heroes?
Links please.
hillbillyjim on June 16, 2010 at 11:56 AM
I don’t have to link. You’re reading the link now! People are STILL praising him and he is a common prison thug. I thought he was kind of cool too until I read about what his real (criminal)morals are.
fastestslug on June 16, 2010 at 11:59 AM
Objection, your honor. Asked and answered.
hillbillyjim on June 16, 2010 at 12:00 PM
Um.. he’s traveling in a backward & remote area of the world.
Since, like the brother in the video stated, he can’t take a snipe rifle on the plane there with him, then anyone doing something like this is pretty much limited to whatever weapons they can buy over there.
And I imagine guns & munitions are probably hard to get except by people in the know or people with terrorist connections.
But I guess I have to defer since you are the Packistan weapons expert here & also an expert on pschyotheraputic analysis.
And what really is wrong with someone who wishes to risk their own life getting rid of an ideological madman that is fueling a lot of our problems in this region?
Since you know next to nothing of this man yet, why don’t you keep your crazy analysis on the back burner til you get some facts about this man.
Badger40 on June 16, 2010 at 12:09 PM
When in Rome….
Badger40 on June 16, 2010 at 12:10 PM
Hey, I thought you guys were all about rehabilitation and not judging a person on their past, but on what they are doing now, or does that only work for child molesters. Yeah, I’ve been the victim of crime – Big deal, doesn’t give me any more of a soap box than you have. In fact, as a prosecuting attorney, I would venture to say I know far more about it than you do.
I never made this guy a “hero”, those are your words and are so typical of people who have no real argument to set up a strawman to knock down. What I said is that he is free to do what he believes is right without pissants like you trying to dictate to him what he should and should not do. Tend to you own life and don’t deny others the freedom you yourself believe you are entitled to.
And yes, better man than someone like you who would sit on their butts and whine about how Bush took his eyes of the ball and failed to catch Osama. So, when that happened what did you do about it? Send a few bucks to the “One’s” campaign so he could play golf, etc?
What a schmuck.
Fatal on June 16, 2010 at 12:11 PM
I really don’t care if he is or not.
In fact, better over there than over here making mayhem.
I don’t think he’s a hero bcs he hasn’t done anything to be one.
But I do take exception at people belittling someone who is doing something like this.
I suppose no one would bat an eye if a retired bunch of Navy Seals working on their own accord was doing this.
But since it’s some crazy wife beating ex-inmate with a ‘sword’ no less, we can take pot shots at how hopeless & crazy his plan is without knowing anything about what he’s been doing over there.
Badger40 on June 16, 2010 at 12:13 PM
These are the same pissants that will wait for someone else (authorities)to come & defend their person or family from violence before attempting to do so themselves.
The condescension of people with this attitude amazes me.
And that is why I live in the country, away from the city & that mindset.
Badger40 on June 16, 2010 at 12:16 PM
I rest my case. Carry on. ;)
fastestslug on June 16, 2010 at 12:18 PM
There is still some sense of nobility in this. Yes, it’s akin to a deranged Don Quioxte qwest, but still.
There seems within this guy, who has a history of being a loser, a desire at redemption. He is wanting to vanquish true evil, to be forgiven his sins.
And he has acted on it. He went to a part of the world, where just being there, could have resulted in his painful death.
I’m not ready to beat him up. Scrape away the criminal history, the mental illness, and I say you still find a man.
TiminPhx on June 16, 2010 at 12:23 PM
I personally don’t think he’s ‘cool’.
I don’t care what his morals are.
Any of us have the right to go do such a ‘crazy’ thing without having to worry about being ridiculed by people sitting in the comfort of their own home.
Are missionaries ‘crazy’ to enter North Korea to help people bcs they will probably be captured, imprisoned, etc?
Were people during the Cold War ‘crazy’ bcs they helped defeat the communists in whatever way they could?
Are civilians without the ‘special training’ & weaponry to be mocked for pitching in to help the authorities?
How in the hell did the Soviets hold Hitler back?
It’s bcs the peasants rose up & protected themselves,many without weapons at all.
My brother in law almost had his ranch building & home burn down some years ago bcs of a fire started by the govt on govt land.
The locals were forbidden to practice ANY firefighting, regardless of whether on private or govt land.
The whole community ignored the govt & fought the fires that threatened land & livestock.
If they hadn’t, all would have been lost.
Nothing happened.
And the govt only started fighting the fire with planes long after the locals had started their own crude efforts at defense.
So call this guy a felon, wife beater, crazy, whatever, but evidently there are still average people without ‘special’ training or skills willing to put their a$$e$ on the line for some greater purpose.
If he was successful, what then would you say?
Sure easy to say he had no chance in hell.
That’s what people have said in many situations.
Sometimes all it takes is one crazy guy to make a difference.
Badger40 on June 16, 2010 at 12:24 PM
Where? What link? The Journal piece in the post that says nothing about a criminal background?
MadisonConservative on June 16, 2010 at 12:24 PM
You failed to make a case.
hillbillyjim on June 16, 2010 at 12:38 PM
Very weak. You said you were not surprised to see blah blah…
and I asked WHY? I asked if you had seen a pattern of HA posters defending people with your alleged profile. If you are not surprised, WHY? Defend your statement or admit failure.
Thanks for playing.
hillbillyjim on June 16, 2010 at 12:43 PM
The one I posted yesterday in this thread.
http://www.denverpost.com/ci_15301373
fastestslug on June 16, 2010 at 12:44 PM
If he is indeed a convict, you are still wrong. he is most definitely not a COMMON prison thug.
Epic, complete, unprecedented FAIL.
hillbillyjim on June 16, 2010 at 12:45 PM
Thanks for the link, sluggo. You have given the lie to a couple of arguments made above by others.
hillbillyjim on June 16, 2010 at 12:50 PM
Okay, and? That takes away from what he’s doing here, or what he has done for people(building homes for Katrina victims, giving housing to the homeless)…how exactly?
MadisonConservative on June 16, 2010 at 12:51 PM
Again, slug:
hillbillyjim on June 16, 2010 at 12:55 PM
How bout this idea? Let him do what he wants, if he gets in trouble or hurt, that sucks, if he kills the guy, awesome. Either way it does not affect any one here. Imagine that.
larryk7777 on June 16, 2010 at 1:04 PM
Madison: Here’s a thought. He might actually be the. fastest. slug.
Deep, huh?
hillbillyjim on June 16, 2010 at 1:08 PM
I end up agreeing with you on alot of things, but please show a little respect towards your fellow Americans and conservatives who live in urban areas.
You talk about not judging this man, then go on to judge enormous swaths of people based on if they live around more people than you do. This is the second or third time it’s been done in this thread alone. It seems like the discrimination of choice around these parts since it tends to creep into most threads at some point or other.
Heralder on June 16, 2010 at 1:26 PM
Something tells me you had your mind made up long before you decided to get a Hot Air login or read this site, so I’m not sure too many are going to feel particularly chastised by your judgement.
As for Faulkner: if only all two time prison inmates and woman-beaters went overseas to try and hunt down terrorists we’d be in doubly good shape.
I suppose you’d rather they work at McDonalds.
Heralder on June 16, 2010 at 1:34 PM
We didn’t say anything about you. But thanks for using your little imagination.
Squiggy on June 16, 2010 at 1:46 PM
I find it noteworthy that he was able to procure any weapon over there. Professional/amateur, crazy/sane, hero/idiot whatever may be of those arguments; the man is quite resourceful.
anuts on June 16, 2010 at 1:47 PM
Is it twenty-five or fifty million on Bin Laden’s head?
Just enough to make even a totally sane man give it a shot.
Squiggy on June 16, 2010 at 1:49 PM
Crazy thought, but….
What if he had succeeded? And survived? And brought out the head for all to see?
I think his detractors here would be singing a different story, and I don’t think one of you would be telling us all how stupid he was for doing it.
Just trying to keep it in perspective here.
runawayyyy on June 16, 2010 at 2:13 PM
Then I would have praised him.
But here’s another crazy thought…
What if he had been captured by the enemy, filmed in front of six armed men, and then slowly beheaded with a dull knife?
Or what if a special forces team went to rescue him but suffered casualties during the operation?
You-Eh-Vee on June 16, 2010 at 2:37 PM
If you want to play dunce and pretend that I meant any person who holds a sword has mental illness, be my guest.
Those with two brain cells to rub together had already put my comment in context with the story.
Again, nice try.
You-Eh-Vee on June 16, 2010 at 2:39 PM
That’s true enough.
You-Eh-Vee on June 16, 2010 at 2:40 PM
Then I would have praised him.
But here’s another crazy thought…
What if he had been captured by the enemy, filmed in front of six armed men, and then slowly beheaded with a dull knife?
Or what if a special forces team went to rescue him but suffered casualties during the operation?
You-Eh-Vee on June 16, 2010 at 2:37 PM
But neither of those are crazy thoughts, either possibility was more likely than him actually finding, killing, and presenting bin laden (dead) to the world.
You missed the point completely.
runawayyyy on June 16, 2010 at 3:13 PM
Huh?
The dude was already arrested by Pakistan forces. It’s not much of a leap to conclude that the real maniacs could have also got him.
You’re telling me that a lone wolf armed with only his wits, a pistol and sword is more likely to kill the worlds highest guarded and wanted terrorist – a terrorist that has eluded the very best of the worlds special forces, backed with satellites, up to the minute intelligence, high tech weapons, predator drones – than to be captured by them?
Yeah okay.
Pass the bong. People have officially stopped using their brain in a vain effort to make this guy Rambo.
I’m outta here.
You-Eh-Vee on June 16, 2010 at 3:42 PM
Not what I did. Nice try.
Keep digging.
hillbillyjim on June 16, 2010 at 3:42 PM
Sorry, thought you said either possibility “wasn’t” more likely.
Still though, my point remains. This guy had no chance.
You-Eh-Vee on June 16, 2010 at 3:44 PM
Then you fail to make any point at all.
If the sword was for integration purposes, then he had to rely on his pistol. Do you not see the sheer lunacy in a trying to infiltrate Osama’s nest of terrorists, and finally killing him with only a hand gun?
Don’t answer, your earlier posts have said enough.
Fail.
You-Eh-Vee on June 16, 2010 at 3:48 PM
I made no judgment one way or the other; if you had read my posts you would know this. I merely pointed out the fact that his carrying of a sword wasn’t necessarily any indicator of mental illness — rather that it could have helped him blend in with the natives.
A 40″ sword would make a formidable weapon, however silly you deem it. You have no idea of his intended methodology, therefore your rush to judgment is not only premature, but uninformed.
Bye, now.
hillbillyjim on June 16, 2010 at 4:31 PM
P.S.
Do you see how silly that statement is? If he’s carrying a sword as an accessory to his disguise, then he couldn’t possibly use it as a weapon. Now I understand.
hillbillyjim on June 16, 2010 at 4:39 PM
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