[quote=gandalf]I don’t know. I like the MLK quote and all, but this is Bin Laden we’re talking about. 9/11 was horrible.
I think we had some tentacles in there somewhere. It’s possible people in the know let it happen, but AQ was the perpetrator, what happened was evil, and justice has been done.
Q: Why does Bin Laden carry a bag of shit around in his pocket?
A: Photo ID…[/quote]
Rus: I like the MLK quote too but unfortunately light and love are poor weapons–look at the massacre of the monks in Tibet(?) a year or so ago. I will say again that his death was a necessary evil but it was still revenge.
The higher ground would have been capture and trial, along the lines of Hussein. From news reports, it doesn’t seem like he significantly resisted capture. Maybe he was just executed to make the mission easier. I wouldn’t make much noise if bringing him back alive would have jeopardized the mission–kill him and be done. But I don’t find much joy in it, like I’ve said.
It’s been bad form for the US to celebrate his death by what was essentially another act of terrorism, if you think about it.
