Thread: Osama Bin Laden is Dead

Yeah this thread is getting a little crazy. Shooting Bin Laden was a decision already made regardless of whether or not he was armed. Considering he's responsible for about 3,000 lives lost on 9/11 by having his buddies fly airplanes into some of the worlds tallest buildings, I could honestly give a rats ass about shooting this man unarmed (IMO). They also had to consider the possibility of him getting away.

About dumping his body, I'm not even going to get into because none of us seem to know for sure.

Originally Posted by louie54

Yeah this thread is getting a little crazy. Shooting Bin Laden was a decision already made regardless of whether or not he was armed. Considering he's responsible for about 3,000 lives lost on 9/11 by having his buddies fly airplanes into some of the worlds tallest buildings, I could honestly give a rats ass about shooting this man unarmed (IMO). They also had to consider the possibility of him getting away.

You would want a trial if you were accused of something similar. A trial could have easily decided his death sentence, not a soldier executing him with a pistol. So, I disagree, except that I'd probably shoot him too as long as I was sure he was guilty. A lot tidier.

But I'm not convinced of anything anyone says. People want good for themselves, with the good of everyone else coming in a far trailing second. Politicians and martyrs definitely not excluded.