America's new obsession: the training program of the elite forces who got bin Laden. After hours of calisthenics and surf torture in cold water, you're certain to get buff, writes Tony Dokoupil. Plus, full coverage of Osama bin Laden's death.
Days after Osama bin Laden's demise, America's burning concern-the most urgent outstanding question, at least according to Google search trends-had nothing to do with al Qaeda, terrorism, or torture. No, the death of the world's most-wanted man has the country thinking about something else entirely: how to get buff.
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"Navy Seal training," followed closely by "Navy Seal workout," were the only bin Laden-related search terms in the Top 10 on Wednesday, narrowly beating "Jesse James" (who opened up about his ex, Sandra Bullock) and "Flowers Online" (note: Mother's Day is Sunday). Surely, this says something unflattering about the national id,...
Days after Osama bin Laden's demise, America's burning concern-the most urgent outstanding question, at least according to Google search trends-had nothing to do with al Qaeda, terrorism, or torture. No, the death of the world's most-wanted man has the country thinking about something else entirely: how to get buff.
Related story on The Daily Beast: The Hunt for Osama's Son Hamza Bin laden
"Navy Seal training," followed closely by "Navy Seal workout," were the only bin Laden-related search terms in the Top 10 on Wednesday, narrowly beating "Jesse James" (who opened up about his ex, Sandra Bullock) and "Flowers Online" (note: Mother's Day is Sunday). Surely, this says something unflattering about the national id,...
- 5/5/2011
- by Tony Dokoupil
- The Daily Beast
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