GOTCHA!
By David Vance On May 2nd, 2011
It’s one of those moments. Almost ten years since the most horrific terrorist event in human memory, Osama Bin Laden was brought to justice by a team of American special forces deep inside Pakistan. My feeling? Grim satisfaction – I am GLAD he is dead and pay tribute to all concerned. I salute President Obama (Yes, I chose those words carefully), I salute all those who worked up the intelligence to track down this mass murderer, and in particular I salute whoever it was that put the bullets in his body so ending his tenure on our planet. Al Queda may live on, but Bin Laden is dead and THAT is reason to rejoice. It is so fitting he met his death at the hands of Americans.
There are so many obvious questions that must be asked in particular of the Pakistan government. Bin Laden appears to have been living with 30-60miles of Islamabad in a relatively well to do area in a heavily fortified compound that seems to have been specially built for him. HOW could this happen? What will the response of the remnant of Al Queda be now that the Sheikh is shaken apart? It was President Bush who said he wanted Bin Laden “Dead or Alive” – dead is inestimably better since the legal vultures have nothing to pick on.
Naturally, those thousands who have lost loved ones care of Bin Laden still carry that enormous loss this morning but at least they can reflect that justice has been done. In this moment, we should think of THEM – we should think of all those families and we pray that they may find some small comfort in this news.
“It was President Bush who said he wanted Bin Laden “Dead or Alive” ” ….
… and then through a mix of ineptitude and arrogance made sure he’d get neither.
Side note: This guy was so taken aback by Mr bin Laden’s untimely demise that:
“The usually sure-footed Peter Robinson disclosed on Twitter how he found himself up to his nose in water, surrounded by startled fish after an ill-judged attempt to clean out the pond in his garden on the outskirts of Belfast.
The tweets told how he decided to make the most of a sunny afternoon off amid a busy electioneering schedule for the forthcoming Northern Ireland Assembly elections, to clean out the build-up of green sludge from the pond. But, despite years of experience treading through political minefields trying not to put a foot wrong, he managed to slip on the side and went tumbling into the water. With members of his family looking in convulsions of laughter, the DUP leader then spent several minutes grappling with the sides trying to haul himself out. “Call for help went unanswered as family either chortled and convulsed or searched for insurance policies.”
Watch out for the guppies Peter!
There is a glaring opportunity to utilise this amusing story into a political analogy, comparing the pool full of green sludge and his beloved executive, but I won’t stoop so low!
I remember the Sun’s excellent “Gotcha!” headline from the Belgrano.
For this one, how about “Bin Strike!”
>>For this one, how about “Bin Strike!”<<
Nice one, ASE.
How about, according to the pic above, "Ich, Bin, ein Hamburger"
Good.