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I think if he would have surrendered peacefully, or at least released his hostage,
Sheldon Cooper
Feb 2013
#1
oh, good lord yes! This whole story gives me chlls of horror...I can only imagine
CTyankee
Feb 2013
#6
I think they had gone as far as they could go with him and had a strong inkling that he
CTyankee
Feb 2013
#12
I believe Pakistan furnished information about OBL's location. On the sly, as it were.
randome
Feb 2013
#44
Pakistani Ambassador to the U.S., Sherry Rehman denies your "secret" agrremnt.
Luminous Animal
Feb 2013
#47
So if this is true, why isn't the government of Pakistan saying it? Why an ambassador?
randome
Feb 2013
#51
Do you have any proof for that other than the fact that the government said so?
Recursion
Feb 2013
#27
No, but I also am at worst ambivalent about drone strikes against Americans in arms against the US
Recursion
Feb 2013
#39
At the point that they had to go in and rescued the child the man did not deserve a trial
madokie
Feb 2013
#11
People like Jimmy Lee Dykes are their own judge, jury, and executioner...
EastKYLiberal
Feb 2013
#21
Dykes was a true "imminent" threat. Al-Awaki's teenage kid, not so much.
Comrade Grumpy
Feb 2013
#30
Because he really did pose an imminent threat to the child as well as to the police.
JDPriestly
Feb 2013
#59