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In reply to the discussion: Should the US have tried to capture and interrogate Bin Laden? [View all]JoePhilly
(27,787 posts)23. Capturing OBL from mommy's basement is easy ... doing it in Pakistan is a little harder.
I love these articles describing how easy it was to capture OBL.
I like how the authors say the Seals weren't in "immediate danger" when they killed OBL ... nah ... no danger ... just landed in Pakistan, inside a walled compound with guards.
They also tend to ignore that early in the raid, one of the helicopters nearly crashed. Its kind of a dangerous mission, from start to finish.
But from the comfort of an air conditioned office, apparently its not all that dangerous.
Here's an idea ... if you send troops into Pakistan, and then you find OBL ... if OBL even blinks funny, you close both his eyes permanently.
Do not risk the possibility that any of your team gets killed. Drop him.
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Should the US have tried to capture and interrogate Bin Laden? [View all]
Prometheus Bound
May 2012
OP
That was my thinking, too. No American traveling abroad, anywhere, would have been safe. n/t
Ian David
May 2012
#21
The fact that he was killed while unarmed lends some credence to the premise.
Prometheus Bound
May 2012
#12
In an age of suicide bombers I am not sure "unarmed" still means what it use to do.
hack89
May 2012
#24
That's complete nonsense. All they had to do was grab him instead of shooting him.
leveymg
May 2012
#18
Capturing OBL from mommy's basement is easy ... doing it in Pakistan is a little harder.
JoePhilly
May 2012
#23
Obviously it is easier and more expedient. And just as obviously you haven't thought this through
Egalitarian Thug
May 2012
#38