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In reply to the discussion: Suppose a foreign leader had Osama bin Laden in her plane [View all]arely staircase
(12,482 posts)71. to complicate matters, Hitchens is on the plane too
he is trying to wrestle the controls away from mother Theresa while Hitler and Phyllis Diller (also dead) look on in horror.
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Moot point. First of all, it may already have happened, BUT BUSHCO was never interested
rustydog
Jul 2013
#2
Of course. We were *at war* with OBL. Sorry to drag law into this, but it matters
cthulu2016
Jul 2013
#3
the end would not justify the means. We are a country of laws , without them we are nothing.
bowens43
Jul 2013
#10
The United Nations had been trying to get Bin Laden out of Afghanistan since 1999
Peacetrain
Jul 2013
#29
Upwards of 1M Iraqis killed. This has nothing at all to do with OBL, however.
DisgustipatedinCA
Jul 2013
#37
Brace yourself. Have a comfortable seat. I have something to tell you.
DisgustipatedinCA
Jul 2013
#43
Bin Laden was never indicted for 9/11. Mainly because he didn't matter and while I think
sabrina 1
Jul 2013
#68
I am more than familiar with the entire history of Bin Laden. He took responsibility for the
sabrina 1
Jul 2013
#77
I would have arrested him for what he was indicted for, the Embassy Bombings. There
sabrina 1
Jul 2013
#91
Yes, he should have been arrested, charged and tried like anyone else who commits
sabrina 1
Jul 2013
#87
absolutely, and I will go even farther and say we would be justified in shooting it down
arely staircase
Jul 2013
#16
You'd shoot down Angela Merkel's plane? Seriously? For harboring/ferrying a fugitive? Whoa.
cherokeeprogressive
Jul 2013
#31
no complaint, I just don't interpret the OP as limiting the scenario to the less than 10 percent
arely staircase
Jul 2013
#69
Wow. I guess I missed your openly advocating wiping out over 3,000,000 innocent people.
cherokeeprogressive
Jul 2013
#30
If a foreign leader had OBL on a plane with him or her knowing how he was, the plane
bluestate10
Jul 2013
#18
Let us get the facts right, so we know what we are actually discussing, before we consider
struggle4progress
Jul 2013
#81
According to at least one of the articles in my prior post, Morales himself cited
struggle4progress
Jul 2013
#83
Absolutely not. Diplomatic plane, specifically when it's a leader's of the foreign country plane
idwiyo
Jul 2013
#27
Some of the replies in this thread are NOTHING LESS THAN BREATHTAKING.
cherokeeprogressive
Jul 2013
#32
Are you attempting to compare Snowden to one of the greatest terrorists of the 20th/21st century?
Gravitycollapse
Jul 2013
#38