Comments on: He Won

By: Osama. | Miscellaneous Heathen

Osama. | Miscellaneous Heathen — Tue, 17 Jan 2012 17:25:24 +0000

[...] most cogent and clearest analysis of all this comes from Radley Balko. In his view, dead or not, Osama won. You should read this, even if you skip most of the rest of these links. He set out to harm [...]

By: Afternoon NOLA Yard Action, Ya Hurd May?

Afternoon NOLA Yard Action, Ya Hurd May? — Fri, 09 Sep 2011 01:17:51 +0000

[...] in response to my statement that we shouldn’t allow bin Laden to win. Hello!?!? As this article states, we’ve given bin Laden exactly what he wanted; he [...]

By: Friday Links (6-May-11) -- a Nadder!

Friday Links (6-May-11) -- a Nadder! — Sun, 28 Aug 2011 00:11:28 +0000

[...] Great bit from Radley Balko about how in the end, Osama won [...]

By: Personal Krubner » Blog Archive » Osama bin Laden’s victory

Personal Krubner » Blog Archive » Osama bin Laden’s victory — Tue, 09 Aug 2011 19:04:29 +0000

[...] Osama bin Laden’s victory Tuesday, August 09th, 2011 | Author: lawrence Radley Balko writes of all that Osama bin Laden acheived, in terms of changing the USA: We have also fundamentally altered who we are. A partial, off-the-top-of-my-head list of how [...]

By: >How Osama Won « Spatial Orientation

>How Osama Won « Spatial Orientation — Sun, 17 Jul 2011 03:46:44 +0000

[...] impeccably captures my sentiments on this delicate matter. I have nothing substantive to add to his column, so just read it! In fact, you should check his site regularly if you don’t already do [...]

By: How the American people are like a 10-dollar whore | Nobody's Business

How the American people are like a 10-dollar whore | Nobody's Business — Thu, 26 May 2011 05:03:53 +0000

[...] keep us all safe no matter what the cost to our liberties and to our wallets. I’d call that an unqualified victory. Bin Laden and his nineteen 9/11 henchmen even got the U.S. government to be his abettors. He and [...]

By: Balloon Juice » Flying While Brown

Balloon Juice » Flying While Brown — Mon, 09 May 2011 15:47:14 +0000

[...] Yet people want to argue when you point out that Osama has won. [...]

By: Peter

Peter — Sat, 07 May 2011 17:53:33 +0000

Well said sir. Thank you (and also Judge Napolitano and John Stossel) for being the only Designated Drivers during this macabre nationwide lawn party.

By: Phoenix Living » politicky weekend links > Reesa Brown's homepage

Phoenix Living » politicky weekend links > Reesa Brown's homepage — Sat, 07 May 2011 17:22:20 +0000

[...] He Won — how Bin Laden changed the face of America for the worse Obama and the End of Al-Qaeda — How Obama could actually come out of this looking awesome…if only… Muslim nations sound off on Bin Laden — so over him, already Top 10 Myths about Bin Laden’s death — wow these spring up fast [...]

By: Some depressing things « Other People's Ideas

Some depressing things « Other People's Ideas — Sat, 07 May 2011 02:18:43 +0000

[...] Economist’s Democracy in America blog links to this reflection on Osama bin Laden. While acknowledging the positive result of Bin Laden’s death – that [...]

By: Strange

Strange — Thu, 05 May 2011 09:45:36 +0000

“The CIA recruited and trained Osama Bin Laden during the Soviet Afgan war … ignorance is Bliss”

Apparently so.

By: Wiklliam C Wesley

Wiklliam C Wesley — Thu, 05 May 2011 04:28:10 +0000

The CIA recruited and trained Osama Bin Laden during the Soviet Afgan war, Later they recruited and trained Sadam Hussien and helped instal him as leader in Iraq, this is a mater of public record. It seems to me that if the American people are seeking to find the source of our problems they need look no further than the CIA. Without the CIA there would have been no Osama Bin Laden, no Sadam Hussien, and earlier still no Pol Pot who killed 3 million people. Why do we not hold the CIA accountable for the actions of their former agents, who learned everything from them? Because ignorance is Bliss

By: tedbohne

tedbohne — Wed, 04 May 2011 22:32:22 +0000

now, the first responders have to prove they’re not terrorists to recover monies owed them by the US Corporate government for injuries and illnesses aquired at ground zero on 911. one more thing. if Usama bin Laden was hated so much, why did the US offer what they referred to as “observance of muslim religious rites?’ I know a side show when I see one, and this one isn’t any good.

By: tedbohne

tedbohne — Wed, 04 May 2011 22:27:57 +0000

was COMMITTED ACTS OF TERRORISM BY THE US FOR OVER A CENTURY, one of the list? the US is the leading purveyor of terrorism on earth, followed closely by Israel. if the US would cease terrorizing small countries, there’s a good chance they wouldn’t try against american marshmallows. the CIA and FBI stated publicly that no actionable evidence was found linking bin Laden 911, that mantel fell on the shoulder of Khalid Sheik Mohammed. George, and his dick, Cheney both ON TELEVISION backed away from bin Laden as the ringleader or mastermind of 911. 911 is still up in the air except for the people who have an IQ greater than shirt size. America is a terrorist state, and a rogue. It is run by an international banking cartel at top of which sits the Bank of International Settlements, (BIS) the bastard child of the Rothschild robber barons. US Corporations made a KILLING off of 911 and the resulting wars that are presently LOST. this “orgasmic” belch by the americans over bin laden’s death is sickening. buried at sea? why? they didn’t want his grave to become a shrine. well unless he was a hero to the middle easterners, why would anyone consider him worthy of a shrine. that dog don’t hunt. that’s why you have unmarked graves and fire. the story out of Washington has already gone through a number of transmutations. so, clearly the truth is yet to be known. But that doesn’t matter to americans. all their interested in is gods, guns and flags. the mental equivalent of a forest of tree stumps.

tedbohne
N221FB@msn.com

By: Christopher Carr

Christopher Carr — Wed, 04 May 2011 21:07:23 +0000

Dear Mr. Balko and readers, I have written a response to the death of bin Laden for my own website, the Inductive, which references this article. I’m wondering if I am correct in my assertion that the death of bin Laden serves more than anything as an opportunity to clearly perceive the nature of U.S. involvement in the Middle East.

There is more on the death of Osama bin Laden and metanarrative at:

http://www.theinductive.com/blog/9-11-nine-years-later-america-finds-itself.html

By: Matt Derp

Matt Derp — Wed, 04 May 2011 20:39:26 +0000

I also disagree with those supporting excessive airport security, as it is basically security theater.
None of the measures other than basic metal detectors (which have always been useful) have any practical use, our security measures are all reactionary, they are never preventative or proactive.
We have to deal with liquid bans because of hypotheticals revolving around one of the least practical explosives ever to threaten air travel.
When the shoe bomber tried to sneak bombs in his shoes, we made everyone take their shoes off, after the attempt already happened.
When the underwear bomber tried to blow up the plane, we added full body scanning.
We’re just lucky all of these attempts were foiled by dumb luck, for all intensive purposes they succeeded in defeating our security.
None of these methods will ever repeat and the next attack will always be a method that circumvents the previous generation of security, all the while inconveniencing the rest of us, for a false sense of security.
3d scanners?
Expect explosives via body implants, removing non-vital organs for extra lethality etc…

By: Boyd Durkin

Boyd Durkin — Wed, 04 May 2011 18:51:03 +0000

They faked the moon landing and Kid Rock’s career. They can fake OBL’s death.

By: Boulderswithadashofsalt

Boulderswithadashofsalt — Wed, 04 May 2011 17:47:00 +0000

You should definitely see SYRIANNA (a geopolitical hypothetical literature-as-science portrait of the Middle East theatre(http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Syriana)) because OBL is just one piece of the horrible puzzle.

By: Rob in CT

Rob in CT — Wed, 04 May 2011 15:45:33 +0000

It’s not really that OBL won (I’m putting that down as some exaggeration-for-effect in a headline), it’s that we scored so many own-goals. OBL himself lost (his goals were in many cases hilariously delusional), but our record is rather poor.

By: The Harmlessness (and Inevitability) of “USA! USA!” « Submitted to a Candid World

Wed, 04 May 2011 15:22:56 +0000

[...] writer observes that we’ve done a lot for fear — and lost a part of ourselves in the process. But Bin Laden’s death, rationally or [...]