Osama's Death Pictures, and Why We Ought To See Them

So Osama (or Usama) bin Laden is Osama (or Usama) bin Shot in the Head. Great. The entire Western hemisphere pretty much rejoiced, which is kinda interesting.
But now the PR-obsessed (and I do mean obsessed) White House is turning down its darkest road yet. In a recent interview for 60 Minutes, President Obama explained that "there is no doubt among al Qaeda members that he is dead. So we don't think that a photograph in and of itself is going to make any difference," and that "There are going to be some folks who deny it," but that we "will not see bin Laden walking on this earth again."
Backing up the official story like a good little wind-up Representative is Mike Rogers (R-MI), who said, "Conspiracy theorists around the world will just claim the photos are doctored anyway."
Point out any discrepancies in the pictures and you're a conspiracy theorist.
Bear in mind that we don't actually know that bin Laden was killed. We were told and so we believe it. And if you don't blindly swallow that little pill, oh baby, you're just a bin Laden birther.
As a very wise friend of mine once told me, "[You got] called a racist for asking a question. That'll teach you to ask questions, won't it?"
Because, you know, anybody skeptical of the government after the 2008 election is a racist birther. And anybody skeptical of the government before the 2008 election was a goddamned patriot.
White House Press Secretary Jay Carney adds "There is no need to release these photographs to establish Osama bin Laden's identity."
Uh..what?
Dear Mr. Carney.
THAT'S LITERALLY THE ONLY REASON.
Yours respectfully,
Dinosaurgrowl.
Carney also states that "It is not in our national security interests to allow those images, as has been in the past been the case, to become icons to rally opinion against the United States."
Enemies of America hate us intrinsically. Releasing pictures of Osama bin Laden's mangled corpse won't change their minds one way or the other. They already hate us, and hated us long before this month for reasons we will never be able to change. The argument that it will threaten national security just doesn't hold water.
But you and I shouldn't have to wonder. The media should.
Where are they? Where's the watchdog of the government? The Fourth Estate? They're too busy drawing parallels between birthers and skeptics. Asking - demanding - to see the pictures should remind no one of birthers and everyone of good old American skepticism.We are at a point in American history where it is a mark of shame to question the official story. The day is fast approaching when we will tell our children, and our children's children, what it once was like in America, when men were free.
Until then, I'll just be over here, questioning and making my tinfoil hat.