The Stupid Never Ends

Pakistani security forces have begun demolishing the compound where al-Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden was killed in a covert US raid in May, police and witnesses said. The operation began after dark on Saturday in the northwestern garrison town of Abbottabad.

"Two bulldozers are engaged, the demolition work is in progress. It is being done by security forces, including troops," a police official at the scene told the AFP news agency.

A senior administration official said the third floor of the three-storey building, which includes bin Laden's room, had been pulled down and work was under way to remove the structure.

  alJazeera

As though it were the building's fault that bin Laden managed to escape the wrath of the West.

The compound attracted hundreds of visitors daily soon after bin Laden's death and officials feared his final hiding place could become a shrine or a tourist spot unless the military destroyed it.

Yes, that would be intolerable. The same reason was given for allegedly dumping bin Laden's body at sea. If people don't have a shrine to visit, they'll forget and move on. I know it's worked with Christianity. There are no Christians outside of Bethlehem.

That the compound was less than two kilometres from the Pakistan Military Academy had made it even less likely that the armed forces would want to keep the villa intact as a reminder of their humiliation.

That's more like it. The same with the idea of a grave for bin Laden. It's not the would-be followers the destruction is aimed at, it's the would-be vanquishers who can't move on as long as there is a physical reminder of their opponent.  It's their attempt to further humiliate and destroy the people who humiliated them.  It worked so well for Herod and Caiaphas.

...but hey, do what you want...you will anyway.