made the whole thing up, Bin Laden’s ideology could attract sympathy. On the other hand, if it turns out the U.S. While that may not have any effect on his most ardent supporters, who will likely always believe the issue was concocted by Americans despite what the facts show, it could have some pull with fence sitters or sympathizers. If it can be proven that Bin Laden was, in fact, a hypocrite who watched and collected pornography, then his ideological position is – like Huckabee said – tarnished. Whatever the case may be, it’s vital the truth be known. That wouldn’t be crazy, since the CIA had previously tried to make the al Qaeda leader and Saddam Hussein out to be gay porn stars. military planted the porn or made up the story in an effort to discredit Bin Laden.
Naturally, there is suspicion that the discovery is just a little too perfect, that perhaps the CIA or U.S. As Republican stalwart Mike Huckabee noted the other day, exposing such hypocrisy to the Muslim world is “brilliance” on the part of the U.S. You have brainwashed your daughters into believing they are liberated by wearing revealing clothes, yet in reality all they have liberated is your sexual desire.īeing in possession of pornography would thus make him look like a giant hypocrite. You plaster your naked daughters across billboards in order to sell a product without any shame. Your nation exploits women like consumer products or advertising tools, calling upon customers to purchase them. He ranted on numerous occasions about the supposed depravity and debauchery of American culture, including this gem from a 2002 letter:
In the case of Bin Laden, it’s important that the life of our era’s most dangerous terrorist be documented properly because, like it or not, he inspires other people.īin Laden’s philosophy was a militant – and many would say twisted – interpretation of Islam combined with a vicious hatred of the West. It’s said the victors of war get to write the history, but journalists are supposed to be there to prevent that from becoming too skewed to one side’s favour. Whether you care or not about Bin Laden’s alleged porn stash is up to you, but it certainly is news in the strictest sense of the word.
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(By the way, “why is this news?” is internet code for, “I don’t care about this particular topic and I don’t known why anyone else does.”) That struck me as a pretty big event but some people put it right up there with the release of the white iPhone in the “why is this news?” category. It was revealed over the weekend that the Navy SEALs who took out Osama Bin Laden also came across a stash of pornography in the terrorist leader’s hideout.