The way we killed Osama Bin Laden

[Mr.Bill]

is proof we didn't have to invade an entire country to do it.

[JackintheGreen]

1. We did kinda have to shit on their sovereignty, though n/t

[Mr.Bill]

6. I'm okay with that. n/t

[JackintheGreen]

20. Oh, believe me, I am too. Just saying n/t

[Prof. Toru Tanaka]

16. So what. They killed him and left.

[honest.abe]

2. Except the reason he left his cave in Afghanistan to Pakistan..

was because of the US invaded Afghanistan.

[Mr.Bill]

4. We eventually would have tracked him down

whether he went to Pakistan or not. W and Cheney wanted war so lots of money could be made. Their ilk have been profiting from war since WWII. That's really all there is to it.

[honest.abe]

8. Are you sure during the time it would take to "eventually" track him down that..

he would not have planned and trained another batch of terrorists in Afghanistan.

[Mr.Bill]

9. No more than I can be sure someone else

isn't doing exactly that.

[honest.abe]

10. Except that "someone else" wasnt responsible for 9/11.

[Mr.Bill]

11. And it was the last time

he or anyone else did anything of that magnitude. The point is we rely on intelligence to keep these things from happening, not invading and occupying entire countries for decades.

[honest.abe]

12. Intelligence certainly helps but that is not always the complete answer.

I suspect our intelligence inside Afghanistan was limited. Furthermore this situation required immediate action as Bin laden might have been planning another attack post 9/11.

[Mr.Bill]

13. And there might be someone in any one of

dozens of countries planning one also. Should we invade all of them? The invasion madness has to stop.

[honest.abe]

14. As I said before someone else wasnt responsible for 9/11

Im done. Ciao.

[Mr.Bill]

15. Good talking with you.

[former9thward]

21. He was never in a cave.

That was a media creation. This is a picture of the remains of his headquarters I took in 2002 outside of Kandahar. bin Laden and crew were a very sophisticated organization with financial contacts around the world. They never lived in caves.

[honest.abe]

22. According to most reports he was living in a sophisticated cave complex known as tora bora.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Tora_Bora

[former9thward]

23. Tora Bora occurred after 9/11 when bin Laden was moving to Pakistan.

bin Laden knew the U.S. was after him so he certainly was not going to stay in Afghanistan. In fact he may have gone to Pakistan before 9/11. That information is not known or clear to this day. But regardless the Tora Bora area was a short transition area for bin Laden and his leadership as they transitioned to Pakistan. They did not operate from there. Their stronghold during their many years in Afghanistan was Kandahar.

[honest.abe]

24. Please provide links to your claims.

As they don’t jive with what I have read about the matter. Thanks.

[former9thward]

25. LOL. I was there in 2002. I can't link to that.

If you want to read about bin Laden's long stay in Afghanistan then read away. Or not...

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Osama_bin_Laden

[Brother Buzz]

3. In my perfect world, Bin Laden could have been surgically removed without boots on the ground

[JI7]

5. Yes , that's how it should have always been. Especially since he was found in a country

that was supposed to be helping us. And I think this was another reason Biden isn't staying in Afghanistan.

[sanatanadharma]

7. GWB refused Taliban offer to give Bin Laden to the USA

Google search page, did taliban offer to turn osama bin ladin over to USA?

[FakeNoose]

17. He was actually in Pakistan, which was supposed to be our ally

I still don't get why we call Pakistan an ally - but I guess it's beside the point.

Our guys did what had to be done. Our military is still the best in the world, in so many ways. The only problem was the delay in finding Bin Laden. Once he was found, he was a "dead man."

[keithbvadu2]

18. Dubya did not really want to kill OBL. He let OBL escape.

Dubya did not really want to kill OBL. He let OBL escape.

[Mr.Bill]

19. Lots of truth in that.

Every demagogue needs a boogie man.

[roamer65]

26. Gotta keep that war machine going.

[canetoad]

27. I'm not sure

That argument stands up, philosophically.