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Originally Posted by preciousjeni
Celebrating any murder is sickening.
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It's not a murder. Murders have to be unlawful. At least where the United States is concerned, this was done pursuant to a long-standing Executive Order which no one challenged the propriety of (at least not successfully, I understand someone had attempted to challenge the propriety of a similar Executive Order authorizing the killing of Anwar Al-Awlaki, which was dismissed for several reasons). So I definitely wouldn't call it a murder.
The worst thing you could get away with calling this is a sanctioned assassination.
And really, what's the cost of taking someone like OBL alive? Do that, and you risk hostage taking or other acts to free OBL. Don't forget. We're at war. War is pretty uncivilized. The enemy doesn't get due process.
I happily celebrate this terrorist's death. May he burn in hell. The SEALs who ended him are heroes. Of course this doesn't end the war on terror, but it is a pretty major victory for the good guys. This isn't just about OBL's death. It's also about an America which in the aftermath of 9/11 has felt pretty impotent to bring its architects to justice. We have done that (mostly) now, and symbolically, that's big.