Wednesday, May 4, 2011

Bin Laden's Dead. Who Wants To See Pics??

There have been many debates surrounding the recent mission resulting in bin Laden's death: Does this mean the U.S. was successful or not? Is it wrong to celebrate the death of a human being, no matter who? Was the mission legal? Is Pakistan our ally or foe? Today a new debate surfaced, this time, about President Obama's decision not to release the pictures of bin Laden's body. CBS discusses both sides of the issue in their article "Many in Congress happy bin laden's photos won't be released".

No doubt the release of the pictures would create a media frenzy, sparking yet another debate often had surrounding war coverage about whether or not images of death and conflict have a desensitizing or a humanizing effect on civilians. Personally, I think the death of bin Laden in and of itself is empowering enough for the American people. As Michigan congressman Mike Rogers said, "There's no gain by doing it. The conspiracy theorists aren't going to be believe the photos...they're going to be doubting Thomases forever."

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