{"id":23215,"date":"2011-05-04T15:05:19","date_gmt":"2011-05-04T19:05:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/?p=23215"},"modified":"2011-05-04T15:16:18","modified_gmt":"2011-05-04T19:16:18","slug":"wh-wont-release-photos-of-osama","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/?p=23215","title":{"rendered":"WH won’t release photos of Osama"},"content":{"rendered":"

CBS News<\/a> is reporting that the President won’t be releasing the low-wind resistance pictures of Osama bin Laden;<\/p>\n

In an interview with Steve Kroft for this Sunday’s “60 Minutes” conduced today, President Obama said he won’t release post-mortem images of Osama bin Laden taken to prove his death.<\/p>\n

“it is important to make sure that very graphic photos of somebody who was shot in the head are not floating around as an incitement to additional violence or as a propaganda tool,” said the president.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

I’m a bit relieved, actually. I visit a lot of websites everyday and I don’t need the gruesome pictures of a dead bin Laden assaulting my senses at every click. And it kind of dilutes our outrage at pictures of dead or maimed US soldiers that get published by our own media as well as Islamists. <\/p>\n

Remember the blogosphere’s outrage when an AP (I believe) photographer released pictures of a young soldier’s final moments just a few months ago? And the furor we raised about photos from the troops’ final flights into Dover AFB?<\/p>\n

Besides, pictures won’t convince anyone who isn’t already convinced that bin Laden is dead in the wonderful world that we’ve created of phonies and photoshops.<\/p>\n

Does anyone really believe that Alex Jones or Gordon Duff will abandon their ‘deather’ beliefs because of a few pictures? Nor will the doubters in the Islamic world. In fact, pictures would only fuel the debate because one eye brow isn’t in the right position, or one cheekbone is higher than the other. Of course, the fact that they’re not releasing the pictures will probably fuel as much debate over the death, too, so either way it’s a loser.<\/p>\n

This is one time I’ll give brief applause to the President for making the correct decision.<\/p>\n

ADDED: <\/strong>Tman also sent us a link<\/a> in which the president says many of the same things I wrote.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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