For Discussion: Nearly Two-Thirds Of Americans Believe Obama Should NOT Have Released Photos Of bin Laden’s Dead Body

Posted on May 9th, 2011 - By Bossip Staff

Categories: Bolitics, For Discussion, News

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According to a recent poll “most Americans” agree with Obama’s choice not to release images of a dead bin Laden:

The latest NBC News poll finds that nearly two-thirds of Americans back President Obama’s decision not to release the photos taken after Osama bin Laden’s death. Fifty-two percent said they strongly believe the Obama administration should not release the photos, and an additional 12 percent agreed, although not as strongly.
By comparison, 24 percent said they strongly believe the photos should be released, and 5 percent more agreed not so strongly.

On Wednesday, the Obama administration announced it would not be releasing the photos, even though some politicians claimed they were needed to prove to the public and world that bin Laden was dead. However, on Friday, al Qaeda confirmed that bin Laden was killed. The survey — which will be released in full Monday night — was conducted by Democratic pollster Peter D. Hart and Republican pollster Bill McInturff, and it was taken of 800 adults (100 reached by cell phone) from May 5 through May 7. It has an overall margin of error of plus-minus 3.5 percentage points.

What are your thoughts??? You think it was a good decision not to release photos???

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  • mondaymorn

    they shouldnt release the photos, it will just cause madness.
    i trust my president-if he says we got it, then we got him.
    however, i wouldnt be surprised if obl been dead for years

  • wow

    If he was dead for years al Qaeda would have said. If they say that their leader is dead, I believe that right along with our PRESIDENT.

  • ReallynotInterested

    It makes perfect sense to keep the photos private. Releasing the photos will only incite the terrorist further. Why add fuel to the fire?

  • Shananigans

    i dont think they should be released

  • The Commenter Formerly Known as White Devil

    The way that the headline is phrased makes it sound like he did release the photos.

  • Wise1

    RELEASE THE HOUNDS!!!!!!!!!! I saw “2 girls and a cup”, NOTHING can beat that image, so this should be childs play.

  • dayg715

    i agree with the President. don’t release them. the naysayers & conspiracy retards still wouldn’t believe it anyway. Good call, Obama.

  • rose by any other name 350 8914 ™

    The headline was confusing they said “should not have’ when it should have read “should not” .. too early for this!

  • http://google just sayin

    Could be a publicity hoax, osama prolly died from renal failiure.

  • It’s Me

    F*ck those idiots that say release them. Bin is D.O.A that is all the proof I need. Next

  • http://bossip denise

    What will the release of the photos prove, and what would be the point ? It still does not prove OBL acted alone !

  • clarissa

    Have any of you other Americans or anyone you know been contacted or asked to take a poll?

    President Obama can you make this go away like Tim McVey? We are tried of it! Bring our troops home. Leave those people to their own demise. You got my vote ok! We dont need to be in their mess we are paying max premium for oil!

  • jag

    That’s what I’m saying, if they cared so much about not inciting further attaks. Why didn’t they keep it all hush hush. I’ll tell you why, because osama been dead for years and they have chosen to announce it now to ensure another win for obama!

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  • SHANIA

    I dont even think thats a real percentage. Its concocted like the death of Osama and my whole life. Paranoia has consumed me, and for that I SAY FU** AMERICA, Im taking my talents to Canada

  • white male

    Personally I would have liked to see his body dragged through the street of New York

  • tru T

    the headline is so confusing. what happened to proof reading

  • Boondock Saint

    Funny how before al-qaida declared bin laden dead, all these people were like “He should release the photos…Why dey bury him so fast? something ain’t right…”

    Now they agree that the photos don’t need to come out. Conspiracy goons are some mindless SHEEPLE.

  • drvms

    he’s been dead for years, u people believe anything lol..

  • ALLERGIC TO DARKY RICANS

    I agree, the extremists will make posters featuring photos of the corpse and march through the streets with it.

  • ItsWhatever

    I don’t really care. They can show him wearing a diaper for all I care…..all I want to know is this:

    WHEN ARE THE GAS PRICES GOING DOWN?????????????

  • IceT

    Thats because 2/3rds of Americans whether live in denial.American people were always like sheep, brainwashed you can lead them anywhere ever you want to.You can tell them anything you want to tell them and they’ll believe it without any facts or proof.But me, you just can’t tell me something and espect me to believe it without any proof of facts.HELL NO TO THAT!!!I still don’t believe this we killed Bin Laden crappola,show me ythe prof of f*ck you Mr President.

  • IceT

    True feelings from a white male DEVIL,thats all these demons/white devils know is kill kill kill!!

  • Mzmystic

    I know lol

  • IceT

    You dumb sheep,you can be told, or lead anywhere somebody want you to.Without any facts or proof.What a dummy.

  • really?

    those photos can be released after they had washed his body for burial. why did the president release photos of folks we don’t even know lying in pools of blood? he can be so contradicting at times. President O wouldn’t take heresay as evidence of binLaden’s death and neither should we. taliban was after the U.S. before binLaden died and is still after us, so incitement is a moot point. too many citizens have died to not give us all piece of mind that this man is dead once and for all.

  • Boondock Saint

    Those photos were NOT released by the White House. They belong to Reuters, and were sold to them by the Pakistani’s.

  • chaka1

    I believe the President…

  • Because They Cant

    Wheter OBL died in 2003 or in 2011, I think it’s pretty much safe to say he doesn’t exist anymore.

    With the pictures, it’s all about timing. those pictures will come out eventually. It’s only 2011; when election times begins to take off I’m sure these pictures will mysteriously “leak” proving he’s really dead.

    I’m wondering what’s the next “supervillian” the CIA and government will conjure up next?

  • MR.MAKE.YA.FEELGOOD.(always read the fine print)

    You ppl can believe everything the our govt tells us without questioning it if you want to. But history has shown us that we shouldn’t. Colin Powell went before the United Nations general Counsel and lied to the world. Now ask youself. How many lives were lost as a result of that? The EPA told the people who were working down at ground, trying to save fellow Americans lives, that the air was ok. Now ask yourself how many lives were lost because of that? I’m not saying if I beleive that he’s alive or dead. My point is that just because the govt tells us something doesn’t mean that’s it’s a fact.

  • MR.MAKE.YA.FEELGOOD.(always read the fine print)

    If you look at certain trends, developments and history. The next supervillian will be you, your dad, your wife\husb, me, your neighbor, the mailman, that chick you met last night in the club, the guy sitting next to you on the train with the god awful breath. ect

  • p0on

    The EPA did that? Maybe I don’t believe u or the government. Link or it didn’t happen

  • The Commenter Formerly Known as White Devil

    @ MR.MAKE.YA.FEEL GOOD

    What part of Colin Powell’s speech to the UN was a lie. He presented evidence to support the US Government’s belief that Saddam had WMD. The evidence didn’t prove the case, but it supported it. There was still debate afterward as to whether the case was strong enough. That is completely different than this case in which the government has said that DNA evidence has provided 100% proof that the person killed was Bin Laden. If later evidence proves this not to be the case, it will be impossible for the goverment to claim that it was a mistake. I think there is a low probablity of that happening.

  • p0on

    The EPA did that? Maybe I don’t believe u or the government. Link or it didn’t happen mayne.

  • The Commenter Formerly Known as White Devil

    I also don’t want to imply that I think the goverment never lies, the government is made up of individuals, and individuals lie to protect themselves or promote an agenda. Tha fact that the neoconservatives wanted to invade Iraq and cherry picked information to support their aims is obvious. That doesn’t mean that we should a$$ume the government always lies even when it doesn’t seem possible or logical.

  • Shannon

    They SHOULD release them!! JUST TO PISS OF ARABS…..YOU PEOPLE ACT LIKE ARABS ACTUALLY LIKE YOU BLACK PEOPLE!! THEY HATE NOTHING MORE THAN US!! THEY ARE JUST SHOCKED AS HELL THAT WHITES DO NOT LIKE THEM!!!

  • MR.MAKE.YA.FEELGOOD.(always read the fine print)

    wowwwwww! I have never stated that the govt ALWAYS lies. (the most effective lyers tells the truth as well. That way you never know what to beleive) That would be just plain silly. As to Powell. Come on now..He pointed to trucks on the moniter and said (paraphasing) that these trucks were retrofitted to be mobile launch sites. He showed trains and said that they were bring in the raw materials (plutonium, uranium) into a factory. Not to mention many other statemants on that day. Honestly bruh i’m almost shocked the you or anyone would even try to justify his speech whith all that we know now.

  • MR.MAKE.YA.FEELGOOD.(always read the fine print)

    I’m guessing that you don’t live in the NY tri-state area. Go online to either the ny times, ny post, ny dail news, ny newday, north jersey record, newsweek magazine and many others. Go in their archives for that time period and you will see that it’s ok. No disrespect to you, but it’s this type of lack of common knowlege that some ppl don’t have that scares the sh!t out of me. I though that everyone knew that they said that the air was ok…. Sidebar. Years ago they allowed the cigarette makers tell us that cigarettes were good for us.

  • The Commenter Formerly Known as White Devil

    @ MR.MAKE.YA.FEELGOOD

    With what we know now, clearly the information he presented was one sided. But a lot of people pointed that out at the time. But there was nothing that was an out and out lie. Intelligence gathering is based on hearsay, especially inside a country as controlled as Iraq. That is way different than shooting a guy, seeing that he matches photos of Osama Bin Laden, doing a DNA test, and having the women there confirm they were his wives.

  • MR.MAKE.YA.FEELGOOD.(always read the fine print)

    No.. one sided was the Laker game last night. This was taking some soso intel. Some of which came from suspect people. And twisting it to alter what the real facts were. Most ppl would call that lying. What would you say if your dad, mom or child died in Iraq based on Powells speech.

  • MR.MAKE.YA.FEELGOOD.(always read the fine print)

    Also I never said anything about the DNA. Nor did I say that I think that Bin L is alive. My point was that don’t always beleive everything that the govt tells us. Also it didn’t matter who gave the speech. If a US govt official gives a official speech or statement then that speech or statement represents our govt veiwpoint or stance on the topic or issue.

  • stace

    I don’t believe it, most americans want a picture they are lying bout their polls again smdh

  • jlove365

    Totally agree with you-i had to stop looking at them. I started feeling sick. Personally, I feel that the pictures which have been described as being “gruesome” would actually hurt Obama’s re-election because it would be too much for the American public. The same politicians crying for the pics to be shown will talk out the other side of their of their mouths and say the President was inappropriate for releasing the pics!

  • The Commenter Formerly Known as White Devil

    I think the government is no different than any other organization. It is made up of many people. If you wanted to, you could get a job working for the FBI or CIA. You just apply and they do a background check. Government workers are not bogeymen, they are people like you and me. I believe most of them are relatively honest because I believe most people are relatively honest. Not all are, that is true. More often when a government official says something that is not factual, it is a mistake and not a lie. There are bad people in government just as there are bad people outside of government, but they are outnumbered by the good ones. I do think government workers tend to be a little lazier than the private sector and not as efficient.

  • white male

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  • The Commenter Formerly Known as White Devil

    Colin Powell’s speech was to convince the UN. to support US action. We could have gone to war without his speech. No one was going to stop us. The U.S. has an all volunteer military. Our elected congress authorized our elected president to take any military actions he deemed necessary. That is the way it works. I couldn’t complain about that.

  • Juliemango

    Seein the pics of a dead obl is not going to kill the issue. Americans have faith in yr pres. Accomplished mission/missions to come!!!

  • MR.MAKE.YA.FEELGOOD.(always read the fine print)

    Yes that’s what his speech was for. And being that it was false and they knew it proves my point that you can’t always beleive what the govt tells you.

  • MR.MAKE.YA.FEELGOOD.(always read the fine print)

    Now you are just being silly. You know damm well when I say govt i’m not talking about the postman, or someone who is a clerk at the pentagon or any REGULAR GOVT EMPLOYEE. The ppl that i’m talking about most of them don’t apply for the job, they are recruited. Some are elected. But even those are few and far in between…. This last statment you won’t agree with. But some of them don’t even work for the govt, but are a part of the collective that dictate policy or actions such as telling lies to the UN General Counsel.

  • The Commenter Formerly Known as White Devil

    I don’t think that you can always believe what the goverment tells you, sometimes they make mistakes, more rarely they lie. Usually it is more a case of emphasizing certain things to give a false impression, which, I admit, is a lie. The main problem I have is that people use the following flawed reasoning: At one point in history the government lied, therefore they blew up the twin towers and blamed it on Bin Laden.

  • The Commenter Formerly Known as White Devil

    No, I am not being silly. Colin Powell went the the City College of New York and joined the Army. After many years of working his way up, he became Chairman of the Joint Cheifs of Staff and then Secretary of State. You don’t start at the top. But you start by applying. Colin Powell is a regular government employee.

  • The Commenter Formerly Known as White Devil

    Colin Powell was appointed to be Secretary of State, but he got there through government service. Those appointed officials at the head of agencies wouldn’t get anything done without all of the government workers that work for them. All of those people working their way up the chain know exactly what decisions are being made because they have to implement them. They are all people who just found jobs in goverment. That is what makes these government conspiracy theories so unlikely. There would have to be too many people involved.

  • MR.MAKE.YA.FEELGOOD.(always read the fine print)

    Really bru? Really? Powell was a regular govt employee? I can’t\won’t go there with you on that one…. When you get into the rarefied air that Powell was in you are selected you don’t apply and/or just work your way up the ladder. Do you know how many ppl graduate from Westpoint and Annappolis ect.

  • The Commenter Formerly Known as White Devil

    See my below comment on Colin Powell. Not sure what your point is on the West Point, Annapolis Grads.

  • MR.MAKE.YA.FEELGOOD.(always read the fine print)

    Now you are being silly again. Does a foot soldier in the MOB know what the longterm goal/plan is. Does that foot soldier know what the dons know? It’s all on a need to know basis. The rank and file never know what the ppl at the top know.

  • The Commenter Formerly Known as White Devil

    In general, yeah, the foot soldiers in the Mob know what is going on. They have to carry out the orders, so they have a pretty good idea what is happening. If they don’t know the operation, what use are they?

  • The Commenter Formerly Known as White Devil

    I can tell you this from my experience in government. I worked at the U.S. European Command when I was in the Navy. I was a Lieutenant, definitely a little fish at that command. There were Generals and Admirals all over the place. I can tell you that policies go out for review by everybody under the sun. Everybody wants input. Not much gets done that is not looked at and commented on by a lot of people.

  • Kenedy

    Doesn’t make a difference….just because Osama is dead, doesn’t mean terrorism is dead…matter of fact…Al Qaeda is probably planning a retaliation attack right now….

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  • SayCheese

    @The Commenter Formerly Known as White Devil

    They don’t know about West Point. I had serveral friends that attend West Point. It’s a great school. I’m waiting to see whatMR.MAKE.YA.FEELGOOD.(always read the fine print)
    say’s about ROTC programs in High School.

  • B*tchie

    If they DON’T release the photos, it will cause madness….

    People need justification for an unjustified war.

    People died in the WTC and thier bodies were taken out of this country like garbage. People don’t think about these things.

  • SayCheese

    @ The Commenter Formerly Known as White Devil

    What’s a name doesn’t understand. Powell had to work his way up to the top just like you said. He done a good enough job and was promoted.

    @MR.MAKE.YA.FEELGOOD.(always read the fine print)

    I think your talking about promotion. Yes people are selected and promoted to a high position. That is like voting. Is that what your trying to say.

    I think your also trying to say people that are apart of the govt but are not employed by the govt control the US govt more. Your refering to the Rich and Corporations. Of course they have more control because they give more money and volunteer for campaigns and they know some of the higher up people in the govt personally. They might play golf or tennis at the same country club. Shop at the same places. Anyone can do that. Just get involved with volunteering if you don’t have the money. You can rub elbows with just about anyone.

  • B*tchie

    They released President Kennedy’s with his head blown wide open :roll:

  • B*tchie

    You mean…Why’d they through him in the ocean so fast?

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  • rene

    I wish they would show the pictures now ,,,,,,Do the question about is he or is he not dead be put to rest.

  • MR.MAKE.YA.FEELGOOD.(always read the fine print)

    @SAYCheese. You missed what my orginal point. Scroll back up and read my 1st statement which white devil responded to. I’m sorry, but it’s kinda too late 4me to walk you through. Also I don’t have anything aginst West point ROTC or the military in general. @B*tchie.. If you feel good then I feel good. Hopefully soon we can all feel good. Oh btw I luv the lips. Stay strong nene

  • Tne Commenter Formerly Known as White Devil

    @ Say Cheese

    I know exactly what you are talking about. These folks feel there is some vast conspiracy and whenever two rich and/or powerful people meet, they are part of some omnipotent organization plotting evil. I don’t think that is the case at all. Of course the rich protect their own interests. The poor try to protect theirs as well. They know how to work the system to get government benefits like the rich do.

    Of course a person in a particular industry tries to get close to a legislator and convince him to degregulate that industry. That is politics. There is no vast conpiracy. There are powerful and less powerful people working in their own interests. You can meet these powerful people and do the same. It just takes some effort for those of us who weren’t born rich.

  • MzSoulful

    If Osama has been dead for years like so many people claim, then why would Al-Qaida confirm his death? What sense would that make? and if he’s been dead and the US knew, why on earth would the republicans allow Obama to take credit? Conspiracy theorists make little to no sense when presented with facts. Sometimes the truth is what it is whether you’re skeptical or not.

  • lemme see ya twitter i can make ustream

    if he releases the photos people who don’t believe he is dead right now are still not going to believe he is dead. they’re going to say the pics are fake. then some crazy terrorist are going to use the pictures, admit they are real and try to rile up some suicidal muslims

  • shwn

    @ MzSoulful THANK YOU THESE NUT LOONIE CONSPIRICY NUTS ARE CRAZY WHY WOULDNT BUSH TAKE CREDIT FOR BIN LADEN IF HE WAS ALREADY DEAD AND WHY IS BUSH AND CHENEY MAD AT PRES OBAMA FOR GIVING THEM NO CREDIT

  • Lauren

    Who wrote the headline? “For Discussion: Nearly Two-Thirds Of Americans Believe Obama Should NOT Have Released Photos Of bin Laden’s Dead Body.” This infers that photos WERE released. It should have been writted “Obama should not release photos.” Who writes this garbage? Any editors out there?

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