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Was it morally right to kill Usama bin Ladan?

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spidey07 said:
It is our moral obligation to remove evil from the world and that's what we did.
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Really? When are we going after those nations so designated as "Axis of Evil" nations?

I have no personal problem with killing Osama Bin Forgotten. He deserved what he got...and more.

I hope the US decides to withdraw all financial/military support from Pakistan over allowing him to hide in their country. There's absolutely NO WAY they didn't know he was there.
 
Justice was served. My personal wish is that he had been taken alive to face a trial, but either way I think the outcome would have been more or less the same.
 
Unless you're Hamas, Bin Laden is universally reviled. He was an evil man who commited countless acts of war, crimes against peace, war crimes, and crimes against humanity. He died fighting his war, and an enemy combatant. Fair game.

I don't think capturing him would have made a difference. Since he went into hiding, he's really been more of a figurehead for Al Qaeda than anything else. I doubt he'd have much to say beyond what we already know. Then what would you do with him? Lock him in a cell? Either he is kept alive and becomes a rallying figure, or dies a martyr. Either way you're stuck between a rock and a hard place. I'd pick the world without him any day.m
 
I am against the death penalty in general, though there are some crimes I support it for.

However, in the case of OBL, it was war. Kill the fuckah!
 
people seem to forget that when you commit an act of war, yoiu should be prepared to accept the consequences as dictated by "the rules" of war.

I say "rules," b/c these don't apply to terrorists.

I think it's super classy that the US and all allies have to the best of their ability, as far as we can tell (yes, some major lapses here and there), orchestrated the previous 11 years adhering to our own rules of war, despite the unwillingness of the Taliban and Al Qaeda to do so.

a kill order on a man like Bin Laden falls directly within the acceptable rules of war.
 
spidey07 said:
It is our moral obligation to remove evil from the world and that's what we did.
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in this specific case, correct. But I would think that you foolishly use that as a blanket statement in all instances.


the nature of evil can very well depend on one's perspective--or at least, willingness to propagandize against a particular agenda.

This is, perhaps, the most un-patriotic, anti-American national/international policy. shows your foolishness.

simple question: Do you consider Gaddafi evil?

i already know how you feel about our involvement there.
 
spidey07 said:
It is our moral obligation to remove evil from the world and that's what we did.
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You tell'em spidey and I got your back. You damn right, it was morally right. They should have shot him in his legs and arms first. Let me feel the pain. Then cap him in the dome.
 
amdhunter said:
No.

But it is morally wrong to bomb and destroy an entire country, kill over 100,000 of its innocent citizens, to kill one man; Especially when that country had nothing to do with the said man's actions.
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I certainly hope you are not referring to the country that harbored this man for a decade allowing him to commit such acts? the same country that when given the choice to hand him over or face invasion, chose the latter?

surely, you are not talking about that. this would be foolish of you.
 
shiner said:
Its a well traveled crab. It took a year off after college to hike around the U.S. and spent a few weeks in Kentucky.
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Due to my affinity for prostitutes and rather poor judgement, I am familiar with well traveled crabs.

OBL must have been exceptionally tasty if he was up to the Colonel's standards.
 
NuclearNed said:
Justice was served. My personal wish is that he had been taken alive to face a trial, but either way I think the outcome would have been more or less the same.
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Osama given a public platform in the guise of a trial would have been the worst possible outcome.

his has very likely been a kill order from day one (well, it certainly was prior to 9-11), and rightly so.

disappearing the man quickly and efficiently is the best option.
 
If he was captured I could see making an arguement for not executing (I'm ok with executing people when there's absolute certainty they did it), but he was killed in combat so it's a moot point.
 
You guys all bore me with your logic and obviously correct answers. Someone come and attack killing him. Where are all the pacifist idealists?
 
SphinxnihpS said:
You guys all bore me with your logic and obviously correct answers. Someone come and attack killing him. Where are all the pacifist idealists?
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even neckbeard is on the proper side of this one.

your attempt at troll thread is going to be a failure, methinks.
 
Of course, why is this even a question? Everything that has transpired in finding him, executing him (if he does not surrender), disposing of his body has been planned way way back. Possible escape routes for bin Laden too. All it took was a trusted courier to show where he was hiding all this time. Probably a few days to gather intelligence and execute the plan quickly, given the time frame of 40 minutes they intended to accomplish this. Not sure how this changes the security of the country, but getting rid of this scam bag was of the utmost importance. Hopefully we won't be putting our guard down just because of his death.
 
SKORPI0 said:
Of course, why is this even a question? Everything that has transpired in finding him, executing him (if he does not surrender), disposing of his body has been planned way way back. Possible escape routes for bin Laden too. All it took was a trusted courier to show where he was hiding all this time. Probably a few days to gather intelligence and execute the plan quickly, given the time frame of 40 minutes they intended to accomplish this. Not sure how this changes the security of the country, but getting rid of this scam bag was of the utmost importance. Hopefully we won't be putting our guard down just because of his death.
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They built a mock up of the compound in the US to practice on. That had to take more than a few days.
 
Morals don't matter. What matters is someone who wanted war against us is dead. Anyone who wishes to kill me or mine, will be killed. It's just survival. All you moral idiots put way to much value into life. It really isn't that precious.
 
We have rules which are listed in our constitution. We apply our rules to everyone including Sadam Husein and even give this person a fair hearing so that we can be sure that the rumors and gossip are true or false. Lots of people claim they are the mastermind behind calamities, but in fact they are not. Is anyone really sure that Osoma did what is claimed? I am not. Is there a reason why Osama was not afforded his day in court? If his body could be removed dead, could it also not have been removed alive? Why were the orders to kill him and not remove him? Would not his knowledge about terror cells or current plots be valuable information? If a foreign country decided that someone in the US was a terrorist by their standards, would they have the right to sneak into the US and just kill that person? Should their country then celebrate these actions? Condoning these actions and then making a mockery of Osama's religion is not right. The Arab nation is very strong and rich and can easily squeeze us more by using their wealth and oil. Would you like them making fun our your religion because some killer happened to be of that religion? I really hope they double or triple the price of gas. Yes, lets kill us some more terrorists.
 
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