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Showing Original Post only (View all)Should the US have tried to capture and interrogate Bin Laden? [View all]
The Goal Was Never to Capture bin Laden
By Yochi Dreazen, Aamer Madhani & Marc Ambinder
May 4 2011, 9:26 AM ET Comment
The Navy SEALs knew their mission was to kill the al Qaeda leader, not take him alive
....The SEALs' decision to fatally shoot bin Laden -- even though he didn't have a weapon - wasn't an accident. The administration had made clear to the military's clandestine Joint Special Operations Command that it wanted bin Laden dead, according to a senior U.S. official with knowledge of the discussions. A high-ranking military officer briefed on the assault said the SEALs knew their mission was not to take him alive......
http://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2011/05/goal-was-never-to-capture-bin-laden/238330/
By Yochi Dreazen, Aamer Madhani & Marc Ambinder
May 4 2011, 9:26 AM ET Comment
The Navy SEALs knew their mission was to kill the al Qaeda leader, not take him alive
....The SEALs' decision to fatally shoot bin Laden -- even though he didn't have a weapon - wasn't an accident. The administration had made clear to the military's clandestine Joint Special Operations Command that it wanted bin Laden dead, according to a senior U.S. official with knowledge of the discussions. A high-ranking military officer briefed on the assault said the SEALs knew their mission was not to take him alive......
http://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2011/05/goal-was-never-to-capture-bin-laden/238330/
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Yes, they should have tried to capture and interrogate him. | |
5 (36%) |
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No, they did the right thing. | |
9 (64%) |
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Should the US have tried to capture and interrogate Bin Laden? [View all]
Prometheus Bound
May 2012
OP
That was my thinking, too. No American traveling abroad, anywhere, would have been safe. n/t
Ian David
May 2012
#21
The fact that he was killed while unarmed lends some credence to the premise.
Prometheus Bound
May 2012
#12
In an age of suicide bombers I am not sure "unarmed" still means what it use to do.
hack89
May 2012
#24
That's complete nonsense. All they had to do was grab him instead of shooting him.
leveymg
May 2012
#18
Capturing OBL from mommy's basement is easy ... doing it in Pakistan is a little harder.
JoePhilly
May 2012
#23
Obviously it is easier and more expedient. And just as obviously you haven't thought this through
Egalitarian Thug
May 2012
#38