The Obama administration has decided as many must know by now, not to show photographs showing the body of Osama bin Laden. The White House claiming among their many reasons that the photographs are "gruesome" and "disturbing", well I do not really think many were expecting to see pleasant photographs of a man who was killed by being shot in the head. Of course we can also ask why wasn't the body made shall we say more presentably before these photographs or perhaps photograph was taken? It being the case that many have been killed in a similar fashion yet their bodies were made less bloody when they were presented in their funeral in open coffin.
As for the photographs themselves. There are believed to be two of them. The first one being bloodier than the second though it supposedly makes it easier to identify the man in the photograph as being Osama bin Laden. The second photograph is said to be less graphic though it does make it less apparent that the man in question was Osama bin Laden.
Another reason the Obama administration has stated that they do not wish to release these photographs is because of the possibility of offending the Islamic world. This making me wonder, why they did not show such considerations toward Islamic law when they buried Osama bin Laden's body out at sea which clearly goes against Islamic law. Naturally, the argument that Osama bin Laden was not a trophy to be presented as a symbol of triumph was also made. All of which giving the appearance or at least as far as I am concerned that a lot of people are simply hiding behind words.
For my part, I would like to state that contrary to what some might have thought from what I have already written in this article that I agree with the White House's decision not to release these photographs of Osama bin Laden or at least not for the time being. My reasons for agreeing with the White House's decision however being that in today's world of modern technology in which a photograph can easily be faked or mounted or whatever; these photographs would not really have served as proof of anything.
It being a case that a fake photograph of Osama bin Laden has already been published in some newspaper which at first did appear to be real though was shortly dismissed as a fraud. This making it ever clearer that photographs of Osama bin Laden's body would not have really served the purpose of proving anything to anybody. Specially since most people by now are aware that photographs along with videos can easily be faked by almost anybody as the technology to do so is readily available. All of which leaving us with the same option which is that we must simply trust the White House and take their word for what happened. Specially since Osama bin Laden's body was not presented to the media and to try to do so now would be just about impossible given what was done with it.
I however in all this, see these photographs along with the decision not to publish them as a tactic to draw attention away from the real issue which again I will repeat is "why wasn't Osama bin Laden's body show to the media?". Of course, in all this we could also ask why Osama bin Laden's body was buried at sea so quickly after his death yet I along with many other people believe; the real issue to be the one I have already pointed out in this article.
Regarding the now famous photographs of Osama bin Laden. All I can add to what I have already stated is that I can only imagine that in today's world of internet and Wikileaks; these photographs will eventually be seen by the public. Of course when and not if this eventually happens, the White House can always claim that such actions were not officially authorized.
My name is Gianni Truvianni, author of many an article to be found on the internet along with the book "New York's Opera Society". My works also include the books "What Should Not Matter", "Love Your Sister" and several others which still remain unpublished though I am presently looking to change this.
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