Bin Laden sons say US broke international law

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rocketpig said:

superchunk said:

rocketpig said:

Memo from the desk of President Barrack Hussein Obama and the entirety of the United States of America:

There are some of you who feel our raid into Pakistani territory to kill the international terrorist Osama bin Laden was illegal and violated international law. To this, we reply:

Do not care.

Signed,

Everyone

Don't speak for me. I care.

Everyday I am glad to live in America and to be part of this great nation. Its foundation in freedom and justice is something I truly feel is a birthright of every living thing.

However, it is completely disgusting how we throw it away once we leave our borders. From our disgraceful support of Israel to our blind eye to atrocities in Darfur and now Syria, while we step in to help in Libya (obviously for Libya's oil), is simply against the entire moral foundation we proclaim to others.

Any American should not stand for these types of actions regardless if we feel Bin Laden deserved death or not. Its simply not right. If he was unarmed, he should have been arrested and taken back to US alive to be tried and convicted of his crimes. Then the punishment of death (for murdering thousands) would be justified and we as the supposedly moral nation we are would be giving the world the example in justice we should be providing as a world leader.

I disagree because bin Laden was a man ensconced in an idea. The longer he stays around, the longer the idea is fueled. Men like that need to disappear and I commend Obama for doing the smart thing and not giving his followers a single shred of evidence to hold on to after his death. Make the man just go away. No trial, no publicity, nothing for his followers to latch onto and celebrate as a martyrdom.

But this is a VERY special situation. Bin Laden is an exception to the rule because of the things he has done, the organization he runs, and how long he had evaded capture. When it comes to many of the things we do for Israel and to sovereign nations in general, I agree with you whole-heartedly.

But there are times when you throw the rules out the window for the good of your people and the world. This was one of those times.

I agree that he should have died, I don't agree with how it was handled, but what's done is done. I was just interested in this point though, what do you think will happen now that he is dead? Will the US leave the middle-east alone? Will terrorist groups falter and lose some of their strength? Or is it all just a feel good thing for the people of the US? I'm not trying to be patronizing, I just want to know your thoughts on it.