OBL was executed for well-documented crimes, ordered by the government, that's the main difference between that and any vigilante action.
Now to draw a parallel, this is what we didn't do with Saddam Hussein - send in assassins. Instead, we destroyed the infrastructure of Iraq, along with hundreds of thousands of civilian deaths. Which was the better option?
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Re: regarding Osama bin Laden
Date: 1/6/11 03:46 (UTC)Now to draw a parallel, this is what we didn't do with Saddam Hussein - send in assassins. Instead, we destroyed the infrastructure of Iraq, along with hundreds of thousands of civilian deaths. Which was the better option?