NBAers React to Osama’s Death

Players take to Twitter to air out their diverse emotions.

As everyone knows by now, last night President Obama announced that Osama Bin Laden was located and killed. While some people took the streets to celebrate and others slept through the late-breaking news, many took to Twitter to air out their thoughts on the matter—including more than a handful of NBA players. As you’d expect, their reactions ranged the whole gamut—from conspiracy talk to congragulatory praise. Here are some of tweets that caught our eye.

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http://slamonline.com Allenp

I don’t disagree Teddy. My point was saying that any time non combatants die something is wrong is not realistic or smart. Sometimes non soldiers who support regimes through their inaction are used as a way to protect others who deserve punishment. As enigmatic noted the world is a complicated place and you have to be careful which hard and fast rules you embrace.
Also I know enough world history to know the cause of WWII just like I know that Japan didn’t attack.us for.nobreason. my point was that sometimes fairly innocent people suffer for a good reason. No revolution spares all innocents and one mans terrorist is another.mans freedom fighter.
Heals

Just read what CDR had to say – Thank You CDR for speaking the truth!
http://Slamonline.com Nbk

You can actually tell him that on twitter, that’s what it’s for.
http://thetroyblog.com Teddy-the-Bear

Hold on, any time combatants die it’s wrong too… Wars are always fought on false premises. I can’t think of a single war fought for an actual good reason–not one that was manufactured later, or what people thought they were fighting for–unless we’re talking about certain revolutions/rebellions, but then you can’t say the same for the other side (ie. the oppressor retaliating).
These are lives we’re talking about; this isn’t some chess game. Just because, say 1000 people live within the vicinity of Ghadaffi, doesn’t mean NATO has a right to bomb those 1000 people in hopes of hitting Ghadaffi. Of course it’s wrong. If anything, it IS realistic to admit that this is wrong, because then we don’t have the false pretense of being “humanitarian.”
http://chicagonow.com/sports/bulls Diesel

The thought process of “if you could kill hitler but you would also have to kill 1000 people” over simplifies what was happening in the former yugoslavia. It was a religous rooted war. One group with a religious belief wanted to seperate from the rest of the country with a different religious belief. There was no defined bad guy. Croations, Serbs, Albanians were all being ethnically cleansed. For some reason the US felt it was their place to interject. And because the serbs weren’t as media savy, thousands of them died. That doesn’t seem right to me. If Utah was to decide tomorrow that they wanted to secede from the united states and be their own mormon state…and the us didn’t want to let them secede from the union…and then China decided they’d get involved and they’d side with Utah and bomb the rest of the US…you’d be asking what gives China the right. You wouldn’t be trying to hear how there are 2 sides to every story.
blakos

Co-sign Zoom 100%
@Enigmatic – We did let Osama happen. He was part of the well trained Mujahideen that fought the Soviets in Afganistan in the 80′s. He was trained by US and British special forces.
Heals

Thanks NBK, this whole time I was hoping CDR would scroll thru all the responses to this post and see what I said, but now I know I can just tweet him. Awesome, plus I was speaking of about the tweets he made regarding the total costs of this endeavor…
http://philosopher.view@blogspot.com The Philosopher

nbk:
I don’t know. It all seems fishy to me.
Just futily trying to figure things out.
But I also think there is an influence that his family has that doesn’t get acknowledged frequently.
I believe that the Saudis have immense influence over what happens, also.
http://philosopher.view@blogspot.com The Philosopher

And it very well mqay be that the Americans made that call. Just trying to play devil’s advocate, I guess…
http://Slamonline.com Nbk

I understand completely where your coming from but my view is he is not even recognized as a Muslim by the Islamic Church (pardon me of my if ignorance of the correct phrase if I’m wrong) so why would anyone care what happens to his body? And if they did why would they be ok with disregarding some burial practices but not others? The timing is pretty convenient from the American side, amongst everything going on in the media and the economy, plus the Presidents showing at the Dinner this weekend where he sarcastically criticized all his opposing presidential candidates he ends the weekend with this? And then the body is gone by Monday? While everyone is still celebrating Obama’s greatness and basically shoeing him in for another term it seems perfect. Nobody cares what happened really, just that he’s dead, and people aren’t going to interrupt that to question The reasons behind dropping Bin Laden out of a helicopter into the ocean. I am not against Obama, or what happened, just that it was this way, right now it’s to fishy and convenient. I feel lied to, more then I usually do.
Hambone

If anything good comes from this then the price of gas will fall
rikson

Plus nobody really knows, if he is responsible for 9/11… Shouldnt other possibilities be at least considered, before you go and destroy half of the eastern world?!
rikson

In a global perspective the us always talks with their weapons, even iif they have a mouth for that….
jufu

aaahahahahha reggie evans just trolled everybody
http://www.slamonline.com Cheryl

I’m with Lou Williams.
http://Philosophervision@blogspot.com The Philosopher

Nbk:
I’m suspicious also of Pakistan. Pakistan, Saudi Arabia, U.S., and Britain.
Now, it is understood that UBL is not recognized as a Muslim by certain factions of the Muslim community. But, one can argue that there would be many people still who would have an interest in any or all of the logistics of this situation, including how or where the body is handled.
For example, Pakistan has been reportedly holding him for 5-6 years. Would they “hide” him for that long if there wasn’t a vested interest? It’s also been reported that he’s been in Pakistan since the battle at Tora Bora. Does America not care what Pakistan may think about a body protocol? They are allegedly allies of the U.S. America cares about what its allies think, no?
Is it out of the realm of possibility that Pakistan indeed made the call to bury him at sea? Since they’ve been holding AND harboring him for the last decade, while being an alleged ally to the U.S.?
http://slamonline.com Allenp

Diesel
Of course I would say that.
And the Chinese would say they had a valid reason to get involved.
Just like the way foreign countries were sniffing around trying to get involved in our own Civil War that was caused by Southern states seceding from the Union to protect their right to hold human chattel.
Teddy
Revolutions only seem good to the folks who are rebelling. You think the British felt like the American revolution was justified? What about all the other revolutions that failed? Were the Native Americans wrong for scalping and killing women and children to protect their lands? Were Nat Turner and the slaves involved in the 1811 slave revolt in New Orleans wrong for killing women and children as they tried to gain freedom?
I believe in right and wrong, but I also understand that those values are personal.
http://google c_cantrell

Im feeling kinda like lou williams. And LeBron is a suck up.
http://Slamonline.com Nbk

Philosopher that would mean the wishes of people that were hiding the most wanted man in the world are being considered, do you really think that’s the case? We would take to the burial wishes of people who hid Osama Bin Laden from us. Does that sound like something the United States of America would do?
http://www.slamonline.com Wayno

Congrats to Obama for carrying out Bush’s policies on terrorism. Also for the record, intel from gitmo detainees was instrumental in finding and killing him…
Yann Blavec

I’m french and every time I see the victory speech of “your” president, I cry for joy. I tried an hour ago, I cried;
http://www.slamonline.com Jay

This was huge for Sikh’s all around the world that race went through unfair hell because of Bin Laden people still dont realize there completely different from Muslims.
http://Philosophervision@blogspot.com The Philosopher

Nbk:
Stranger things have happened, no?
We all know that he (UBL)was at least, trained by the C.I.A. We all know that Bush Jr. worked for bin Laden’s father in Canada. (Busche is the original German spelling of his name)
We also know that Pakistan is a nuclear power. America seems to have a rapport with people who are recognized as a nuclear power.
And again, Pakistan is allegedly an ally, so that would help lead me to wonder why America wouldn’t consider them, if that is what they requested.
The Saudis allegedly played a major role in 9/11. The Americans listen to nearly everything that family says, it seems, no? I know they have oil, but… they supposedly helped crash planes into New York.
And, as long as it is beneficial to the U.S., of course I suspect that they would honor that (Pakistan)request. If it was made. America has been negotiating with terrorists for a long time. At least since Reagan with Iran and Ayatolla Khomeini.
http://slamonline.com nbk

Philo, say your 100% right, we let the pakistani or saudi, or bin laden’s family choose what we did with the body…. why did they want us to drop him out of a Helicopter into the Ocean? Why were we allowed to take a DNA sample if they really cared about burial practices? and if you have an explanation for that then why did they want him in the ocean? and for someone on dialysis how did he go 10 years without anyone knowing he was right under their nose? and lastly, how come the American government didn’t tell Pakistan about the “raid” if we trust them enough to take burial advice? — I have been discussing this with everyone I know, older/younger/smarter/dumber and haven’t come across one logical reason we threw him in the ocean from a muslim perspective, actually I haven’t even found a semi intelligent answer. But from the American side, if you have something to hide, I can’t think of a better story to tell then “we wanted to respect his Islamic faith, so we “buried” the body within 24 hours, you know because we Americans always tend to respect those that murder our people. The US mission was described as a capture mission as well, why did they just go in and pop him in the eye after they shot his wife, if they were really about capturing him? And it just screams coverup – we had Saddam for 2+ weeks, and Osama Bin Laden for less then 14 hours, how does that make sense? Like pictures are going to give us a time of death? he is clearly dead, that can be agreed to, but what makes anyone think he hasn’t been dead since he last made an appearance (2002)? I don’t believe this to be the case, but I also don’t believe we killed him on sunday morning and dumped his body in the ocean out of a helicopter on Monday, we are too thorough as a government/country for that to be a sufficient amount of time to get all the information that we needed. Name a time in US history where a military plan was executed, cleaned up, and explained in less then a day.
http://Philosophervision@blogspot.com The Philosopher

Nbk:
They didn’t have to necessarily tell the Americans to “drop” him out of the helicopter. They can say, “make sure you (America) bury him at sea”. Then, the Americans put him to the sea. Whatever method was used is debatable, and up to whomever, but the job being done is the important variable.
America can take DNA. Today, people in all walks of religion go against original protocol. It is arguable that nations in the Arab world don’t REALLY care about how his body is defiled, let alone the Americans caring. It is part of the deal, maybe. “You wash my hand, I’ll wash yours”. For, negotiations with terrorists have been going on for years.
Also, the ocean is acceptable practice and protocol, albeit not preferred. Maybe they don’t want people worshiping a shrine, either. Maybe the two sides shared that concern.
Also, I find it very hard to believe that the Americans didn’t know that he was in Pakistan, let alone the Pakistani government not knowing, themselves. I also believe that Pakistan knew about the raid. I believe that bin Laden wore out his welcome, and Pakistan told the Americans that he was there for the taking, but only under certain conditions. (sea burial)
And, there is are stories saying that the woman shot was not one of his wives, but…
http://Philosophervision@blogspot.com The Philosopher

Oh, and the Americans kill civilians in Pakistan, and in other parts of the world quite frequently. Plenty of times America went into a country and killed civilians… within a day. With an explanation. Sometimes, there is no explanation. Sometimes, those kinds of stories aren’t even reported by news outlets.
http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/140377/20110502/osama-bin-laden-body.htm nbk

Sea Burial is only acceptable when its necessary.
Omar Bakri Mohammed, a radical cleric in Lebanon, said “the Americans want to humiliate Muslims through this burial, and I don’t think this is in the interest of the U.S. administration,” reported the Associated Press.

“They can say they buried him at sea, but they cannot say they did it according to Islam. If the family does not want him, it’s really simple in Islam: You dig up a grave anywhere, even on a remote island, you say the prayers… Sea burials are permissible for Muslims in extraordinary circumstances. This is not one of them,” said Mohammed al-Qubaisi, Dubai’s grand mufti.

Muslims in al-Qubaisi’s camp think the US should have given the body to Bin Laden’s family or a Muslim country willing to give him a more proper burial.

Harvard scholar Azeem Ibrahim, a Muslim, was also critical of the sea burial, but for different reasons.
“Bin Laden, the enemy of Islam, did not deserve an Islamic funeral or burial in a Muslim graveyard,” said Ibrahim

If you want to read more click my name. There is no logical reason to think this was anything but a cover up.
http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/140377/20110502/osama-bin-laden-body.htm nbk

In reply to your last post, Those stories aren’t covered, and they definitely aren’t released the same f’ng day. Come on philo of all the people at slam to see through this, it should be you. – this was so convenient, has conflicting stories, and the reasoning behind his burial are suspect, in the least.
http://Philosophervision@blogspot.com The Philosopher

I know, nbk. I’m just trying not to believe that it has gotten to the point to where it is this blatant and raunchy. Craziness, right now.
http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/140377/20110502/osama-bin-laden-body.htm nbk

I feel you, I was so angry yesterday, all day about this. I have never been good about being lied to at all, and this just felt wrong from the very beginning. Another thing nobody has answered for me, how come Osama stopped making videos and showing his face? He went MIA for 7 years, even though his Al Quieda were still terrorizing the middle east Osama completely disappeared? He is on dialysis or went on dialysis in July of 2001 from what I have gathered. His death was reported some 8 times over the last 10 years, (never by the US government) one such report was followed almost immediately by the death of the person who revealed the story. I am not trying to say or draw any conclusion about the lie we are being told, just that we are being lied to, blatantly. Even if what they said is 100% true then there is other very important aspects that they are completely leaving out, same as a lie to me. I just hope it has a positive purpose, not a greedy motive or something like that.
http://Philosophervision@blogspot.com The Philosopher

I believe that they are ushering in, and getting us ready for, the next “global threat”.
Full U.f.o. disclosure.
Call me whatever, but…
http://Slamonline.com Nbk

I’m with you actually. I think there will be some kind of disclosure soon, idk what it’ll be about though. The curtain could get pulled back about something soon
http://Philosophervision@blogspot.com The Philosopher

I don’t know how authentic it is, but there is literature about how Roswell happened, how Kennedy was killed because, he was about to make a disclosure, all kinds of sh1t. I’m sure you’re on it, though.
http://Slamonline.com Hossy

New world order! One world government! 1984! Bilderberg! Illuminati!
http://Slamonline.com Nbk

Philo – I have read that, along with a host of other very intriguing Conspiracy theories. I just don’t really have an opinion one way or the other about them though. Roswell and the moon landings are the deepest theories I’ve read
http://Philosophervision@blogspot.com The Philosopher

The deepest I’ve read probably has to be about the planet Niburu, and the Annunaki. And, the civilizations before them.
http://Slamonline.com Nbk

Actually your right when you add up all the different “ancient aliens” (u know what I mean) then yes that subject is by far the deepest I’ve seen. It’s actually indisputable to me that parts of those stories have to be true. To many parallels in unrelated regions of the world.
http://Philosophervision@blogspot.com The Philosopher

Agreed.
Another theory I heard is that, the people who run the world’s governments are the descendants of the nephillim. I don’t know how much I believe that, but I do believe in a “single bloodline” theory. If it is a theory…
http://Slamonline.com Nbk

Single Bloodline theory is true in that Prince William can be traced back to Egypt (supposedly). So idk I know one member of the family has always been from the same Bloodline as long as the United Kingdom has been established. Other then that it’s hard to distinguish what is and isn’t merely heresay
http://Philosophervision@blogspot.com The Philosopher

Nbk:
Yeah. I’m a little familiar with all of that.
If you get a chance, check out my Facebook page.
Parmenides Anaximenes.
Philosopher.view@gmail.com
Philosophervision@blogspot.com
There are some things up there that you may or may not find to be of interest. I’m sure that you are up on all of it, though.
Thanks for the exchange, man.
http://Philosophervision@blogspot.com The Philosopher

If my 9:51 pm comment doesn’t come up, it was just going to suggest that you check out my FB page.
Parmenides Anaximenes. A few things up there that may interest you, and others.
http://Slamonline.com Nbk

Sounds good I will do that. I enjoyed it I knew we were interested in the same type of subjects. Anytime
http://www.tampax.com AllenWest4Prez

Aw, that’s so sweet.
HOF

unleash your inteligence lamar

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