Really, this nation is losing it. Folks who think bin Laden is still alive have some sort of emotional, irrational reason to believe. They're in line with the irrational extremists in Pakistan who believe OBL is still alive, despite the fact that al-Qaeda named bin Laden a martyr. I knew the minute I read "burial at sea" there would be a big hoo ha:
Tellingly, an al-Qaida spokesman, in vowing vengeance against America, called him a martyr, offering no challenge to the U.S. account of his death.
Even so, it's almost inevitable that the bin Laden mythology will not end with the bullet in his head. If it suits extremist ends to spin a fantastical tale of survival or trickery to gullible ears, expect to hear it.
In the immediate aftermath, people in Abbottabad expressed widespread disbelief that bin Laden had died — or ever lived — among them. AP
