Omar bin Laden's Statement - Page 6

PiKA2001 · #76 05-12-2011, 07:35 PM

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Originally Posted by preciousjeni

If you killed 3,000 or 333,000 people, I still wouldn't say it about you.

Well congratulations on being a morally superior person. Maybe I and everyone else who's glad to see him gone can learn a lesson or two from you.

IrishLake · #77 05-12-2011, 08:38 PM

(I LOLed at the skull fucking visual. Guess that makes me sick huh?)

VandalSquirrel · #78 05-12-2011, 09:16 PM

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Originally Posted by IrishLake

(I LOLed at the skull fucking visual. Guess that makes me sick huh?)

I know it is physically impossible with the size of "the hammer head" and an eye orbit so my mind immediately replaced with a narwhal but those only live in the Arctic and he was buried in the Indian Ocean. So then I went with being manhandled by a manatee.

IrishLake · #79 05-12-2011, 09:28 PM

VS, iLike.

DrPhil · #80 05-12-2011, 09:50 PM

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Originally Posted by PiKA2001

Who's really saying that Osama's killing was unfair?

People who believe his killing was or may have been unfair.

DrPhil · #81 05-12-2011, 09:56 PM

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Originally Posted by PiKA2001

Well congratulations on being a morally superior person. Maybe I and everyone else who's glad to see him gone can learn a lesson or two from you.

You can actually spare us the smartass routine or I'll get you tased again.

I think the point being made is that not everyone has to rejoice over his killing; and not everyone has to think his killing was unjust. I'm pretty sure there are more Americans who rejoice over his killing than think it was unjust. Some of the posts about Osama's killing on GC have implied that those who question his killing are anti-American idiots who can't grasp what Osama has done. Preciousjeni didn't imply that she was a morally superior person.

agzg · #82 05-13-2011, 12:19 AM

Well I do think that killing him in the moment was probably the more humane thing to do. I imagine there are lots and lots of folks in the military that would like to have some "words" with him.

KSig RC · #83 05-13-2011, 01:36 AM

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Originally Posted by agzg

I imagine there are lots and lots of folks in the military that would like to have some "words" with him.

But realistically, this was never an option (well, not in the most general sense) - taking him alive would have resulted in incarceration, interrogation, and eventual trial, very similar to Saddam Hussein.

Any abuse, "enhanced interrogation," or anything similar just wouldn't fly - what a nightmare that would be, and on an international stage.

Operational guidelines may have made it impossible to take him alive - after all, according to most interpretations of "Enemy Combatant" status, he would have to wrap himself in a white flag - and I understand why that's somewhat unsatisfactory for some, but it seems to be the reality of rules of combat. After all, dudes who are flying covert operations aren't exactly expected to count to three.

ElieM · #84 05-13-2011, 02:49 AM

I'm creeped out by the burial at sea... staying away from Arabian seafood for a good long while

TonyB06 · #85 05-13-2011, 06:52 AM

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Originally Posted by agzg

I imagine there are lots and lots of folks in the military that would like to have some "words" with him.

I don't think you send Seal Team 6 halfway across the world to "arrest" someone.

as has been said, people are going grapple with themselves about how they feel about this military action.

It's just like when capital punishment is applied, and someone comes out and says "this was done in the name of the people of ________." Well, if you're not down with capital punishment then you most certainly don't feel the action was done on your behalf.