An ethical question for DU posters...

[Gunny1]

Actually two questions. First did you approve of the US govt's assassination of Osama Bin Laden? And second, if rather than killing they had captured OBL, would you have approved of using the CIA's "enhanced interrogation techniques" to extract intelligence on other Al Qaeda operatives? I know the easy answer for most of us is that we wouldn't approve because enhanced interrogations don't work but that's the pragmatic approach to the question and I'm wanting a debate on the moral/ethical implications. My personal stance is that I approved of killing OBL but wouldn't approve of water boarding him. However, I have to admit that I'm hard pressed to justify that position from a moral standpoint, it just how I feel. I've already been sort of challenged on this question by one conservative and I don't think I came across as very convincing. Thoughts?