In light of the many concerns being raised about the killing of Osama bin Laden by the Navy SEALs — questions of propriety, civil rights, privacy, etc. — I thought it might be helpful to prepare a scenario that could have been followed instead: SEAL Commander (knocking on door of the bin Laden compound in Abbottabad) : Mr. Bin Laden, Jack Hartz here of the SEALs elite Sixth Team unit. Do you have a moment? Bin Laden: Well, we’re right in the middle of dinner. Can you come back later — in about an hour, say? SEAL Commander : Gee, we’d like to, sir, but this is pretty urgent. It shouldn’t take but a minute. Bin Laden (grumbling): Oh, for Allah’s sake, OK, OK! (unlatches the door). SEAL Commander : Thanks so much! Sorry to bust in like this, but we’re under orders to capture you dead or alive. It’s not my idea, you understand. Bin Laden: I know but it’s Sunday night. We were just about to watch “24.” So what’s the big deal that this visit couldn’t wait until Monday? SEAL Commander : We want to inform that you have the right to remain silent and…. Bin Laden: Yeah, yeah, yeah. So what do you want to know exactly? SEAL Commander : We’ll need to see a picture ID, first of all, to make sure you are indeed the Osama bin Laden. And then we need to take a DNA sample for final proof. Sorry for the intrusion and all but we try to do this by the book. Bin Laden: No problem. You fellas got a job to do. But why me? I’m just a simple rug merchant. Say, can I get you boys anything — coffee, soda? SEAL Commander : We understand you may be the guy behind the World Trade Center slaughter and we need to ask you a few questions. If you resist, I’m afraid we may need to kill you. It’s just routine. Bin Laden: I’m cool with that. I don’t want to cause any trouble. SEAL Commander : We do appreciate your cooperation, Mr. Bin Laden. Now then, did you in fact have anything to do with bringing down the Twin Towers on September 11, 2001? Bin Laden: Yeah, I remember reading about that. Terrible tragedy. But was I involved? No, no, no, you’ve got the wrong guy. There are a lot of Bin Ladens in these parts. People are always confusing us. Just last week, some guy from Pakistani intelligence came by to see if I was somehow connected to al Qaeda. He later apologized for the mix-up. SEAL Commander : Sir, these photos I have here appear to be a clear match. I’m afraid we have no choice but to book you and take you downtown for further questioning. Bin Laden: OK, let me get my coat. Could I finish dinner first? SEAL Commander : Sure, take you time. Real nice place you got here. Bin Laden: Well, we like it. We’ve fixed it up a lot. SEAL Commander : Yeah, those 18-foot walls are real eye-catching. I especially like the barbed wire touch. Bin Laden (finished eating, pats his coat): OK, I think I got everything — keys, wallet, body armor. How long do you think this will take? I got a big day tomorrow. SEAL Commander : Shouldn’t be too long once we run a check on your movements over the past ten years. Bin Laden: Hey, I’m always happy to cooperate with the law.
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Good judgement on his part. (Politico) — President Obama invited former President George W. Bush on a visit to Ground Zero on Thursday but Bush has declined, according to two people familiar with the situation. Obama will travel to the site of the World Trade Center attacks of Sept. 11 in the days following the killing of Osama bin Laden in a U.S. special forces operation in Pakistan. He will meet with families of Sept. 11 victims, according to the Associated Press.
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LOL! Clueless dhimmi liberals. Embrace diversity!… (NY 1) — A fight over the planned Islamic community center in Lower Manhattan centers around its location of being two blocks from the World Trade Center site. But now the controversy is broadening as some gay advocates are airing concerns about the new imam who’s joined the project. In a lecture Imam Abdallah Adhami sells on the Internet, he offers the following explanation for the existence of homosexuality: “An enormously, overwhelming percentage of people struggle with homosexual feeling because of some form of violent emotional or sexual abuse at some point in their life. Again, not necessarily in their childhood….A small, tiny percentage of people are born with a natural inclination they cannot explain. You find this in the animal kingdom on some level as well.” For gay rights advocates, the words are unacceptable. “They are destructive. They play into old, worn-out stereotypes that somehow there is an illness to being gay,” said Gay City News Editor Paul Schindler. Adhami joined the center known as Park51 as a senior advisor earlier this month. A spokesman for the project declined to make him available for an interview and would not comment for NY1′s story. Schindler says that unless Imam Adhami is willing to clarify or change his views, Park51′s ability to welcome everyone will be compromised beyond repair. “It’s a hostile message and one that I think attacks the dignity of gay people,” Schindler said.
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I was taken aback by this paragraph in a Politico story by someone a colleague of mine styles as the best reporter in DC on these issues. It reveals the media are not only telling us what to watch for this year, but getting an early jump: Despite mounting evidence that the greenhouse gas buildup in the Earth’s atmosphere is causing runaway changes to the climate – NASA this month declared 2010 the hottest year on record – several pollsters say the American public isn’t listening. ( emphases added) Now, the reason no evidence — mounting, or otherwise — of runaway climate change was cited there
…the North Tower of the World Trade Center was completed. [Guest post by Aaron Worthing; if you have tips, please send them here .] I was always struck, on 9-11, how a woman said something to this effect: “I don’t see buildings. I see people.” Meaning that whatever concern she felt for the buildings themselves, was completely eclipsed by her concern for the people who were inside when they fell. So in some ways noting this date runs counter to that, but still I wanted to note it. We must never forget the lesson we learned that day, more than nine years ago. Evil exists and it must be confronted. Hat tip, Big Government . [Posted and authored by Aaron Worthing.]
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