Bin Laden

[Ian Livingston]

To quote an old favorite: There will be wars and rumors of wars. That
is to say, as Laura said, it changes nothing.

On Mon, May 2, 2011 at 8:57 AM, Mark Kohut <markekohut at yahoo.com> wrote:
> I do bet that Obama will use this action as some kind of cover to wind down much
> (all) in Afghanistan.
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> ----- Original Message ----
> From: "kelber at mindspring.com" <kelber at mindspring.com>
> To: pynchon-l at waste.org
> Sent: Mon, May 2, 2011 10:45:33 AM
> Subject: Re: Bin Laden
>
> Does this mean we're going to pull out of Afghanistan, Iraq and Libya?  I'm not
> holding my breath.  Does this mean that all of the budding anti-American Islamic
> terrorists (those genuinely affiliated with al Qaeda, and all the self-styled
> ones) will simply take their marbles and go home?  Probably the opposite.  Will
> Osama's death frighten would-be suicide bombers (gee, you can get killed doing
> this!)? It will probably egg them on.  Osama was the only living symbol of the
> 9-11 atrocities.  The real perps didn't live to be punished.  It's closure, of
> sorts, but a manufactured one.  The war on terror rages on.
>
> LK
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>
> -----Original Message-----
>>From: rich <richard.romeo at gmail.com>
>>Sent: May 2, 2011 11:10 AM
>>To: Paul Mackin <mackin.paul at verizon.net>
>>Cc: kelber at mindspring.com, pynchon-l at waste.org
>>Subject: Re: Bin Laden
>>
>>if u think this doesnt affect al qaeda and its minions well i think
>>you'd have to reconsider that
>>
>>On Mon, May 2, 2011 at 11:07 AM, Paul Mackin <mackin.paul at verizon.net> wrote:
>>> On 5/2/2011 9:08 AM, kelber at mindspring.com wrote:
>>>>
>>>> It changes nothing.
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>>> It affects the media business.  Every pundit will get to write a long,
>>> cliche-ridden column about it.
>>>
>>> It's a good thing but I didn't hear any horns blaring into the night in my
>>> neighborhood.
>>>
>>> P
>>>>
>>>> Laura
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>>>>
>>>> -----Original Message-----
>>>>>
>>>>> From: rich<richard.romeo at gmail.com>
>>>>> Sent: May 2, 2011 9:47 AM
>>>>> To: “pynchon-l at waste.org“<pynchon-l at waste.org>
>>>>> Subject: Bin Laden
>>>>>
>>>>> one can only be happy at his death, my friends
>>>>
>>>
>>>
>



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"Less than any man have I  excuse for prejudice; and I feel for all
creeds the warm sympathy of one who has come to learn that even the
trust in reason is a precarious faith, and that we are all fragments
of darkness groping for the sun. I know no more about the ultimates
than the simplest urchin in the streets." -- Will Durant