White House Will Not Release OBL Photos

I hesitate to actually post this, not because of the subject matter, but because I kind of want the Michelle dancing video to always be front and center on this blog. But, you know I can't keep my mouth shut.

As you undoubtedly saw by now, the White House said it will not release their photos of a dead Osama bin Laden. While for a while I thought I really wanted them to be released, I am now glad that they won't be released. Ultimately, I was swayed by posts, like this one, arguing that the pictures would end up as the gruesome replacement to our celebrations as the lasting image of the strike.

That said, I think the pictures will eventually leak. Heck, they're apparently already circulating around the Senate so it's probably only a matter of time before some drunken staffer tries to impress his friends with them at the Hawk and Dove and momentum takes over.

Finally, you probably also saw that Mama Grizzly said that Obama is "pussy footing around" by not releasing the photos as part of what TPM calls her "Self-Marginalization Tour." That's just a preview of what we could expect of Palin, Bachman, and the Donald are ever in the same debate.

More details on the "assault"

Jeezus, that must have been seriously intense: "They were engaged in a firefight throughout the operation."

I have a lot of issues with our armed forces, but I have a lot of respect for the guys (and women? ) who pulled this off on the ground.