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Treasure Hunter Wants To Find Bin Laden's Body With ROV
Kittenman writes "Slate is carrying some details of how eccentric treasure hunter Bill Warren is proposing looking for the body of Osama Bin Laden in the Arabian sea. He plans on using sonar, and a remotely operated submersible. If he finds the remains, he'll photograph them to confirm Bin Laden's death to the world. Warren says, 'There is still a $25 million reward that no one has collected, and the reward says dead or alive, well, if -- in fact -- he is dead, then I could collect the $25 million reward. Why not?'"
Good luck finding a target slightly smaller, that the fish have been chewing on.
SJW: Someone who has run out of real oppression, and has to fake it.
'There is still a $25 million reward that no one has collected, and the reward says dead or alive, well, if -- in fact -- he is dead, then I could collect the $25 million reward. Why not?'
"Why not?" is that the reward is given at the discretion of the US government, and they're not going to give it to you.
Doesn't change a bit about the fact that you guys watered down the definition of "combatant" to the point where it could mean anyone. Obviously a state doesn't need to be involved, obviously a formal declaration of war doesn't need to be involved. In that framework, an "enemy combatant" is just code for "anyone the US does not like and will disappear without any trial or evidence." Excuse me if my trust is limited.
Ubi solitudinem faciunt, pacem appellant.