As a rule, the lefts interest in photographs of the dead are limited to political hits on opponents, or moody propaganda pieces for the anointed one. (Obama honors war dead–look, see–pictures.) So can releasing the pictures of an ex-Osama provide some political advantage today?
I feel comfortable stating right out front that I don’t think they’ll show us any pictures unless Obama looks as if he’ll lose in 2012. They will make excuses and hem and haw, to intentionally create another conspiracy theory; that Osama is being held on the same sound stage where we faked the moon landing–or…something like that.
And they will do it because the political distraction of pictures unseen, and a death unconfirmed, dragged out for months or years, has the potential to create a "deather" movement that can be used to distract the American people from a larger problem; high unemployment, rising inflation, and the return of stagflation and the misery index. At least in theory. Mr. Obama does need all the misdirection he can get, and any situation that pits his word against that of others, where no hard evidence exists to refute him, fuels the mission statement and puts meat on the bones of the narrative; his detractors are a bunch of wacky racists looking for a reason to smear Dear Leader.
So a photograph, like a birth certificate which exists but that has only been confirmed by reputable sources, is the perfect foil for the legions of cynics who realize that most everything that comes from the mouths of this Executive branch are more like the words of Satan; if not outright lies, they are half truths riddled with omissions, and always with a shelf life. No "body," hidden pictures…even the most pragmatic person will feel inclined towards doubt.
I get that you don’t want to create a pilgrimage site for a martyr. But in the world of photo-shop and internet tom-foolery, in the absence of a body, are any pictures going to appease? Can the photographic evidence of left-overs labeled "former terrorist mastermind Osama bin Laden" ever be enough to convince anyone who does not already have a Teen-Beat like crush on Obama? And in all honesty, will they ever release the photos and did they ever even plan to?
Could they be planning to use the pictures they are not showing us to some political advantage? Sure, it’s a bit far fetched but then so was electing a guy with Mr. Obama’s history, un-vetted by a media that smeared anyone who even tried to question the Swiss-cheese like past, packed with commies, terrorists, and America haters–oh my!. But that happened. And it continues.
The media and most of the Obama apologists have completely abandoned a now well documented past on Obama’s opposition to the challenges of A-symmetrical, Kinetic Intelligence gathering. Heaping praise upon their savior at the demise of bin Laden, despite the path to ex-Osama being paved with tactics that the Obama-left demagogued every step of the way.
Taken in that context, the hidden photo conspiracy has legs, even if they are just tiny ones, not that it matters to the Jihad. No actual picture is going to be conclusive enough for them regardless of its authenticity. With the body unseen and mysteriously trapped in the briny-deep with Davey achmend Muhammad al Jones, Osama will achieve divine status. He will begin emerging in the half light of dawn and dusk to inspire the faithful. His hand will appear to grace the crowns of new born babies fresh from Burkah concealed wombs. He’ll even get spotted walking out of the Baskin-Robbins at 42 Mulberry in Downtown Manhattan, teasing his taste-buds with a frosty-looking Mocha Almond fudge, with Jim Morrison, Tupac, and Elvis in tow.
There will be dreams where wisdom is imparted to the next generation of well educated, well to do misogynists from the non-bomb-vest wearing class of al-Qaeda. They will in turn inspire the unemployed, disgruntled, bomb-vest wearing Muslim-yoots, with instructions to double-down on destroying the evil Satan. "Osama Says," strap that C4 to your chest. "Osama says," go find a bus full of Israeli children. Blow up the bus! Ahhh..I did not say "Osama Says." And the pursuit of the global Caliphate will continue unencumbered by Mr. Obama’s approval ratings, pictures or no pictures, body or no body. Because the terrorists know that no democrat in modern America (except maybe Joe Lieberman, and Hillary on a bad pant suit day) has the juice to do what needs to be done to stop the conquest. Not that this matters all that much either.
We all know the Jihadists just want to destroy us, and that they are permitted to lie, cheat, steal, deceive, cavort, drink, oppress women, children, Canadians, and guilt ridden left-wing stooges if it gets them closer to their goals. (While we cannot do anything.) That no overtures, good will, choruses of Kumbaya, or CGI Polar Bears doling out smiles and Cokes, will prevent your average bomb-vest wearing, suicidal, 72-Virgin seeking, disgruntled Muslim extremist from his appointed rounds. A transient, mysterious Osama bin Laden will just makes for more of the same. An "in evidence" body photographed with Seal Team-6, hung like a Marlin would be little different. In fact we all might be better off if Obama had just ‘dissapeared’ him the way the Chinese make dissidents vanish from the Airport without a peep.
But that’s not how you stroke an ego, and Obama’s got a big ego. Those 16 hours it took to decide whether or not (pardon me, how and when best) to announce the unauthorized assassination on foreign soil–right up until it probably got leaked and he had too be–were for political strategy which would normally take three days to a week if history is any guide. I think this was a keeper. Something to hold onto until it could be used for the most effect. That’s why they took pictures and dumped the body. They didn’t think they would need to prove anything so soon.
So what about those pictures? They are headed for Area 51, at least until Julian Asange digs them up and sends them out in a Wiki-Leaks dump of 400,000 or so images including that guy on the Grassy knoll, the captured alien from Roswell seen taking off his "Michael Moore" suit, the directors uncut version of Ishtar, and Obama’s real Hawaiian long form birth certificate, not the one Dave Plouff created with an off the shelf PDF editor.
That’s right, it’s all just noise. We still have one dead mass-murderer, soaring debt, high unemployment, food inflation, crippling gas prices, and a fragile economy on the precipice. And the only thing we can really count on is that Obama will keep golfing while America burns. Oh, that and the Almond Mocha fudge.
