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Where should the credit go?
On Thu, 05 May 2011 16:45:41 -0400, Harryk
sent the following message wrote: On Thu, 05 May 2011 12:31:39 -0600, wrote: On 05/05/2011 12:04 PM, wrote: On Wed, 04 May 2011 15:57:05 -0400, wrote: wrote: I am happy that Obama has repealed the flawed Carter policy of not targeting people for assassination.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. |
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