On Thu, 05 May 2011 16:45:41 -0400, Harryk
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On Thu, 05 May 2011 12:31:39 -0600,
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On 05/05/2011 12:04 PM, wrote:
On Wed, 04 May 2011 15:57:05 -0400,

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I am happy that Obama has repealed the flawed Carter policy
of not
targeting people for assassination.
Maybe some day we can return to the Eisenhower policy of
shaping civil
war outcomes using covert means and without sending in a
150,000
troops.

It was certainly clear that we could have taken OBL alive but
they
made the right choice and blew his head off on site.

Plume, before you protest that, are you really saying a SEAL
could
not have wrestled a sickly, 54 year old, unarmed man to the
ground if
he wanted to? They saw him, they shot him end of story.

I prefer to deal with what we know...or were told. We were
told Osama
was given an opportunity to surrender and live or go out in a
blaze of
what he probably assumed was glory. We were told he chose the
latter.

That's no different than the choices the police in this
country offer
dangerous fugitives who they have cornered or who respond by
opening
fire. It usually is referred to as "Death by Cop."

Assuming that was the case, I don't have a problem with the
outcome. A
trial would have been long and messy, but it is our way to try
criminals
and prove their guilt in a court of law. To dispose of
criminals
otherwise brings us down to the level of the terrorists.
The reports coming back from the SEALs is that there was only
one
armed man there, who they shot right away. It is clear they
wanted to
kill OBL. I think that was a wise choice.
Yep, saved millions in legal, pandering, pussy footing around,
no court
and judge costs and no expensive keep.

Gitmo isn't needed, a mass execution is.


You can't execute those people but we could have a horrible plane
crash where the crew were the only ones with parachutes.

Did you ever hear the Willie Nelson song about the detainees? (on
the
Highwayman album I think)




I guess I'll never understand righties and their disdain for the
rule of
law or custom or behavior considered appropriate for Americans.
When the
government engages in this sort of execution, it is no better than
those
it executes.

It' hard to guess what Obama will do next now that he has a taste for
blood.