I know, I know – anyone with-half-a-brain will ask: How can he write about the death of Osama Bin Laden on April 24th – when “the hit” didn’t allegedly occur until May 1st?
Well, I just couldn’t wait to put my musings and meanderings about the Osama “hit” on The Doc’s Inn until my May 2nd release – nor could I try to write an article in between (because Giti needs to post my articles sequentially — otherwise she suggests that everything gets screwed up) and I, I lose my thoughts (PPA) if I try to entertain too much in my head. So hereitis – my take on Obama doing Osama – with an earlier dating (for any future historians who should stumble upon my collection):
As we can see from my title – Obama has launched his re-election campaign with the reported death of Osama. I know, I know…I suggested that this was reportedly the death of the 9/11 Mastermind – but as we all know – 9/11 was an inside job (American) – designed to get popular sentiment drummed up against Saddam Hussein, until Osama (allegedly trained by the U.S. as a Mujadeen) raised his hand to say: “It was me! I am responsible for 9/11!”
Why would Osama do that? Why would he divert the Bushies attention to Afghanistan instead of Iraq – and force the Bushies to construct the “weapons of mass destruction” argument? I truly don’t have the answer. Is it because Osama’s father died in a Bush corporate jet crash, or, is it because Osama Bin Laden is merely a construct: a constructed person (with a constructed image) — so that everyone is looking the wrong way – for the wrong person? Much like the actor portraying the actor, John Wilkes Booth; who probably lost the limp, sideburns and moustache when he hit the curtains of the stage; or, the multiple versions of Lee Harvey Oswald.
Most famous tyrants, or even likeable rulers who were in danger for their lives, employed a body double. Hell! Even Jesus had a body double in his Greek slave, Thomas. Surely Osama would have “put someone out there” to take the bullet for him – or, was it really one-of-his-wives that did that?
Well, she didn’t do a very good job — as he is reported to have taken a-couple-of-disfiguring head shots. But if I were Osama – I wouldn’t want to look at all like the photos published of me – but wouldn’t mind if my body double did.
Now we all know that conspiracy theorists are going to have a field day with all-of-this – while I think that the U.S. merely needs ANOTHER rallying standard to get it through the upcoming economic tsunami – and judging by the football fervor surrounding Osama’s reported death – we might be able to sit through the whole boring double-dip recession, WITHOUT BEER!
But I also worry that we remain the laughing stock of the world (not that incredibly coveted land that EVERYONE wants to immigrate to). The rest-of-the-world sees our smoke-and-mirrors for what they are – but they have to endure them, as long as we have them enslaved by the Almighty Dollar.
I don’t know if Osama ever existed (I thought some Arab in Guatanamo said that HE was the architect of 9/11?) – but after seven years of torture – I would guess you would say just about anything. But this whole Osama thang forced me to endure more 9/11 reports about the plane that hit the Pentagon, you know, the one that incinerated – engines and all…
Long-form birth certiciate; jockeying in the Pentagon and CIA; potential exit strategy from Afghanistan (but can we leave that opium behind?) – I’d say Obama can weather this storm. So hats, er, turbans off for that nasty ol’ terrorist – but lest we all forget: one man’s terrorist is another man’s freedom fighter.
Good luck Obama – Biden is waiting in-the-wings…