The End
Published in Jornal do Brasil
(Brazil ) on 7 May 2011
by Novaes (link to original)
(Brazil ) on 7 May 2011
by Novaes (link to original)
Translated from
by Natacha Jarvis .
Edited by Sam Carter.
In my opinion, there is still time to say that the U.S. government did not distribute pictures of Osama after being killed because the SEALs blew up his head and failed to pick up the pieces.
The president announced that he avoided the release of the photos in case they might turn Osama into a martyr or a hero, which somehow happened to Che Guevara. Bullshit. Hundreds of pictures of the man are all over the world, ready to be printed on posters and T-shirts. The Americans also explained that the terrorist's body was thrown in the sea, just so his burial place wouldn't attract visitors. Another piece of crap. Unlike with Guevara, Osama’s (fanatical) cheering crowd is not larger than the crowds for the American soccer team — even in the Arabian world. Even if he was buried on land, his grave wouldn't slow traffic in the surroundings. On the other hand, it would actually help the CIA, who, looking from afar, would be able to identify new terrorists among the visitors.
Hillary Clinton's face in the situation room photo, which was distributed by the White House, confirms suspicions of a mass killing at the Bin Laden home. She declared to the press that she had her hand over her mouth not as a sign of shock but actually as an allergic reaction. Allergy to the violence, probably. Whatever it is, the picture is not very journalistic to omit — deliberately, I believe — the point where those present turn their attention to. One would probably think it is a television screen and, judging by Obama’s and his advisers’ facial expressions, they were not watching an episode of Two and a Half Men.
They followed the attack maneuvers to the residence in Abottabad, hoping that the good guys would soon get the bad guys. The question is whether the images were given in a live broadcast or whether some official announcer received the information and transmitted it from the CIA studios to the White House’s respectable audience. In the event of a live broadcast, it isn’t hard to imagine that the CIA, which thinks about everything, also planned to film Osama’s murder (in 3D?).
From what we have been reading, the SEALs’ performance was not very different from those we see in films made in the United States that greatly contribute to the trivialization of extreme violence. Only one difference: In the movies the bad guy is killed, and after the scene he gets up, changes his clothes and goes home. In the SEALs’ movie, after having his head blown off, the bad guy is wrapped in sheets and will serve as fish food. Want a more exciting outcome for a country that worships violence?
Finished with the session, the small audience (that we saw in the photo) erupted in applause and the Americans took over the streets to celebrate, as if they had won the bin Laden Cup. On the way out of the situation room not all were in agreement with the outcome of the movie:
- I just did not like the end. I think they should have set Osama on fire.
- I agree. IT would be really cool to see Osama’s body behind the THE END.
The president announced that he avoided the release of the photos in case they might turn Osama into a martyr or a hero, which somehow happened to Che Guevara. Bullshit. Hundreds of pictures of the man are all over the world, ready to be printed on posters and T-shirts. The Americans also explained that the terrorist's body was thrown in the sea, just so his burial place wouldn't attract visitors. Another piece of crap. Unlike with Guevara, Osama’s (fanatical) cheering crowd is not larger than the crowds for the American soccer team — even in the Arabian world. Even if he was buried on land, his grave wouldn't slow traffic in the surroundings. On the other hand, it would actually help the CIA, who, looking from afar, would be able to identify new terrorists among the visitors.
Hillary Clinton's face in the situation room photo, which was distributed by the White House, confirms suspicions of a mass killing at the Bin Laden home. She declared to the press that she had her hand over her mouth not as a sign of shock but actually as an allergic reaction. Allergy to the violence, probably. Whatever it is, the picture is not very journalistic to omit — deliberately, I believe — the point where those present turn their attention to. One would probably think it is a television screen and, judging by Obama’s and his advisers’ facial expressions, they were not watching an episode of Two and a Half Men.
They followed the attack maneuvers to the residence in Abottabad, hoping that the good guys would soon get the bad guys. The question is whether the images were given in a live broadcast or whether some official announcer received the information and transmitted it from the CIA studios to the White House’s respectable audience. In the event of a live broadcast, it isn’t hard to imagine that the CIA, which thinks about everything, also planned to film Osama’s murder (in 3D?).
From what we have been reading, the SEALs’ performance was not very different from those we see in films made in the United States that greatly contribute to the trivialization of extreme violence. Only one difference: In the movies the bad guy is killed, and after the scene he gets up, changes his clothes and goes home. In the SEALs’ movie, after having his head blown off, the bad guy is wrapped in sheets and will serve as fish food. Want a more exciting outcome for a country that worships violence?
Finished with the session, the small audience (that we saw in the photo) erupted in applause and the Americans took over the streets to celebrate, as if they had won the bin Laden Cup. On the way out of the situation room not all were in agreement with the outcome of the movie:
- I just did not like the end. I think they should have set Osama on fire.
- I agree. IT would be really cool to see Osama’s body behind the THE END.