Zarqawi Is Dead

[StarMetal]

I'm sure alot of you have heard this already, but Bin Ladins right hand man Zarqawi is no more. He's dead. Two American F16's dropped two 500 lb bombs in his lap. Al Quaida is really pissed about it too. Look for something major to happen.

Yea! Yea! Bin Ladin is next. :Fire::Fire::Fire:

Joe

[jballs918]

how would you like to have that on your OPR

Singlehanded dropped the bomb on the number right hand man of al quaida.
[smilie=l:

[Maven]

Too bad he wasn't taken with a cast bullet at 1,000 yds.!

[omgb]

He's one of a very select group of people of whom I'd like to say I personally offed. Since this just isn't to be, I'm going to take comfort in knowing and believing that it was some of my tax dollars that blew that piece of human dung straight into hell. One down, only a few more to go.

[nighthunter]

Yes ... they say he is dead. I have to feel some sorrow for a life taken but it was not I who chose his lifestyle or comforted him in his beliefs. It is a sorry thing when people can not learn from the history of the human race. It seems like every generation has to have its own war and try to change the ways of the world. Reading history makes me afraid to estimate the number of people killed in war. I answered the call when it was my turn and I would just as soon forget just about everything that took place in those 4 short years. 4 years turned into a lifetime and many lifetimes passed before my eyes. The human species is a very violent species. Regardless of religious beliefs, country of birth or party of voter registration we just do not not learn from our forefathers. This includes the whole worlds population not just those here on this board. War is not a pretty thing. I hope my son never has to witness war. I ask people not to rejoice in death but to enjoy what we have in life. I also ask that everyone remember those that serve to make our lives possible. Another person will step up to the plate to take the place of Al-Zarqawi and then another after him. I'm sorry but I feel no joy in death.
Nighthunter

[StarMetal]

Maven,

Or a laser guided cast bomb from 16,000 feet up. :castmine:

Joe

[NVcurmudgeon]

I'll bet the 72 Virginians are lining up right now, Washington, Lee, Madison, Henry, Jefferson......................

[StarMetal]

I'll bet the 72 Virginians are lining up right now, Washington, Lee, Madison, Henry, Jefferson, Starmetal..................

Joe :Fire:

[9.3X62AL]

Nighthunter, I greatly respect your right to hold the beliefs you express here, and those beliefs are far more evolved than my feelings are about the demise of this thuggish barbarian. Having seen my share of violent death and atrocities just short of that result, I reserve my empathy for the victims of such persons as Al-Zarqawi. For his kind, I fervently hope for just such processing as that discussed herein. Beheading of defenseless hostages earns you airborne ordnance. Period.

[DOUBLEJK]

Yep....good ridance of one of societies worst miscreants....
A widely known terrorist and murderer and openly out spoken about it....no doubt about this one needin' ta go see his maker...
Yep...war is a bad buisness fer sure....to be avoided if there is another avenue to a reasonable outcome....don't see one here however...
Think of all the lives that have been saved because this zealot died and won't be killing nemore....that has to be quite a larger number than was lost here...n it might possibly be that one that lives will be someone who will make a positive difference in that part of the world...

[wills]

Too bad he wasn't taken with a cast bullet at 1,000 yds.!


Naaa...Better if he'd been fed to the hogs.

[omgb]

I don't like war....been there done that. But, there's a big difference in my book between shooting some poor stiff like myself fighten for his country and shooting a murdering thug like this guy was. I don't want to shoot farmers or school teachers or shop keepers who just happen to be answering their country's call to duty. But shooting terrorists; that's a mitzva and I'd have no more trouble doing that than swatting a fly. Good riddance.

[keeper89]

The "Z" man was on a lot of people's better off dead lists. It is good that he is gone but I am sure there are many more cockroaches just waiting to crawl ou of the hole to take his place.....at least operations for the slime should be confounded for a while and one has to hope that the new replacement won't have the same amount of luck as his predecessor.........personally though, I would be able to sleep with a clean conscience if his mug had disintegrated while I was looking at it through some crosshairs.......:drinks:

[bobbalee]

I'm with Wills. Hog food. Bob

[KevMT]

Did you guys know that Zarqawi had blue eyes? Yep, one blew about 2 blocks north and the other blew a half a block west.

All joking aside I sure wouldn't have wanted to be the guy who dropped the bomb to find out that a woman and child where also in the "safe house". (This according to the AP story in the paper this morning). But I suppose that as long as terrorists surround themselves with human shields this will allways be a problem.

[StarMetal]

KevMt,

A point to ponder. If you could go back in a time machine, would you kill Hitler's mom or him as a baby? Who's to say that hypothetical mother and child aren't terrorists and the child grows up to be another Bin Ladin or Zarqawi. No, I'm not an advocate of killing women and children, in fact no any human being, but war is horrible and that bad things happen that one can't control. If there were women and children there I bet they weren't being forced to be there. Someone was harboring the bad guys. They knew the consequences. The U.S. is playing this up too much. I"m afraind that the terrorists will pull something off horrible and go na na NA na na at us.

Joe

[montana_charlie]

First time I've peeked into one of these threads. Zarqawi was doing things for religious and political reasons. Therefore, since both of those subjects are not allowed in this section, I don't know which rule I'm breaking, but...

Zarqawi bought his death sentence the day he publicly sawed the head off of a human being.

Nobody can claim to be 'the executioner' because nobody did anything to him.

Some guy dropped a bomb...another guy put a red dot on Zarqawi's butt.
The fact that the bomb had an affinity for red dots is the work of some unknown engineer.

Just like firing squads include one rifle loaded with a blank, this execution is not attributable to any particular individual.

I'll just consider it a 'lucky accident'.

It is my fervent hope that the results of Marine activity in Haditha also turn out to be accidental in nature.
CM

[303carbine]

I saw the footage of the 500 pounders that the US dropped into his meeting place.[smilie=s: I also heard that he was still alive and trying to get off the stretcher and then expired, not sure of the details after that.:Fire:

[Denver]

Listening to the comments of some of the mainstream lib newscasters, we're worse off with him dead than alive. Wonder if the Libs will send a delegation to attend his funeral? [smilie=1:

[StarMetal]

Maybe Tom Hanks and his buddy Spielburg can make a movie "Saving Private Zarqawi". [smilie=l:

Joe

[NVcurmudgeon]

Joe, what do you know about Tom Hanks' participation in the Hate America crowd? Any political statements from Tom Hanks went right by me. Suggest you put it in a PM as we may be breaking the rules here. Thanks, Bill

[JDL]

I have no problem sleeping at night when a scumbag isn't around sucking up precious oxygen and this goes for any scumbag anywhere! My perference would have been a large cast boolit lubed with lots of hog lard. I believe Gen. "Black Jack" Pershing put an end to a Moro uprising by ordering hog lard being used as a lube although, it probably wouldn't be pc nowadays. -JDL

[StarMetal]

Joe, what do you know about Tom Hanks' participation in the Hate America crowd? Any political statements from Tom Hanks went right by me. Suggest you put it in a PM as we may be breaking the rules here. Thanks, Bill

Bill,

No need for pms as I don't know what you're talking about, as what you are saying went right by me. There were a few groups mentioned on the news last night that, in this country too, sticking up for Zarqawi and how Bush and his administration are the terrorists, so I was making light of of that (noted too by the smiley faces included in the post) and used the movie Saving Private Ryan for them sticking up for Zarqawi. Tom Hanks and Spielberg having nothing to do with it, other then they made the very good movie and Hanks played in it. I think you're barking up the wrong tree here.
Thanks

Joe

[Marlin Junky]

nighthunter,

I understand; however, you are letting human emotions stand in the way of what is morally righteous and just plain logical. This is precisely how the LEFT gains momentum and I personally loath it. I believe we should all celebrate in our own way. Some of us who see any death as a tragedy (even an animal's death) can simply celebrate a little quieter. May God Bless America... savior of freedom.

MJ

[Scrounger]

There are so many good people dying every day we cannot even note them all, much less mourn them individually unless they are close to us. How in the world can anyone find time to mourn the passing of a scoundrel whose much delayed death made the world a better place?

[StarMetal]

Art,

I think them (the news) playing up Zarqawi's death too much is not a good thing. They are only really angering the Al Qaida more I believe. But he was a scoundrel as you mentioned. At least we didn't cut his head off on film. There's also questions about couldn't we've captured him alive. Oh yeah, that would be a great thing huh?

Joe

[nighthunter]

Please don't misread my message. I am also glad he is gone but believe me another will take his place, probably before his body is cold. Terrorists are like CEO's .... you can't get rid of them. The arab people have been killing each other since the stone age and they are not going to stop because we are there. Todays modern communications and transportation systems has just enlarged their "playground". I am not a peace nic but I can not rejoice in death. It was a military operation that succeeded and will probably need to be done again with another "target". I have no problem with this. It is an elimination of a member of the enemy. The US has the manpower and the experience to prevail.
Starmetal ..... I would eliminate Hitler. I don't know that his mother raised him to be what he grew up to be.
War ain't pretty and the death of another is rarely celebrated in war. It is a job that has to be done and it is done when it is done.
Nighthunter

[StarMetal]

To all, I don't relish anyone's death on my hands. It's appalling to me that human beings kill human beings, but I will fight to protect myself, my family, and my country.

Joe

[NucEm]

Iam Swedish and i dont have any relatives down there in those sandy places but i have friends in your country that been down there and a few that still serve in the army down there.:( Those twolegged varmints like Zargawi.....nope cant feel anything, in fact i feel more for a crow or a rat than for varmints like him:twisted:
500 lb "bullets"? Now we talking BIG varmint guns :mrgreen: and here iam reloading for the tinybitty 22 Hornet:groner:

[shooter575]

I try to keep up on all of the "high tech" stuff the Military uses nowdays.This is interesting
http://www.strategypage.com/htmw/htecm/articles/20060610.aspx