NBC poll: 80% said it was the right decision to kill bin Laden. "Justice was done."

[jefferson_dem]

NBC poll: 80% said it was the right decision to kill bin Laden
By Mark Murray

In his interview on "60 Minutes," President Obama admitted he didn't lose any sleep over the possibility of taking out Osama bin Laden.

"Justice was done," Obama said. "And I think that anyone who would question that the perpetrator of mass murder on American soil didn't deserve what he got needs to have their head examined.”

It appears most of the American public agrees with him -- at least the part about taking out bin Laden.

According to a new NBC poll, 80 percent of Americans said it was the right decision to kill the al Qaeda leader versus capture him. Eleven percent said was the wrong decision, and 9 percent were not sure.

The NBC poll -- which will be released in full tonight at 6:30 pm ET -- was conducted May 5-7 of 800 adults (100 reached by cell phone), and it has a margin of error of plus-minus 3.5 percentage points.

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[TheWraith]

1. And the 11% are the people who will always hate everything Obama does.

Whether it's hatred from the left or the right.

I'll give credit for the people who are unsure that they have legitimate uncertainty and misgivings.

[damntexdem]

10. I'm in the 80%, but still disappointed by Obama.

Will vote for him in 2012, but not work for him, as I did in 2008.

[NavyDem]

16. That 11% are also

those who believe that Bradley Manning is a hero from what I've seen on DU.

[dennis4868]

2. The same 20%....

would find a reason not to be happy if Obama found the cure to all cancers....

[ZombieHorde]

4. Just think of the population increase! nt

[mkultra]

3. 11% of the country are pacifists?

[SkyDaddy7]

20. The 11% was probably pacifists mixed in with...

people who think everything President Obama does is wrong.

[Cali_Democrat]

5. They should have clarified this poll question....

What if his capture and interrogation produced intelligence that could be used to prevent future terror attacks on the US? It would be interesting to see those response numbers.

[onenote]

8. Rather than your hypothetical, they could've asked: Do you think that his capture and interrogation

would have produced intelligence that could be used to prevent future terror attacks on the US?

I suspect a very large majority would have answered that question in the negative.

[Cali_Democrat]

11. True

You're probably right about that.

[jenmito]

9. Do you really think bin Laden would give away ANY intel about ANYTHING? And can you imagine

all of the problems there would be? Where should we keep him? Should we torture him? Is anything he said true? Please-he'd give up nothing and he'd do nothing but cause even more division.

[Cali_Democrat]

13. You raise some valid points

Capturing him, interrogating and then placing him on trial would be a major headache. There's a good chance our interrogators in the CIA and the Justice Department wouldn't have been able to extract valuable anti-terror information.

Placing him on trial would be a major headache. The justice process is extremely slow and messy, especially when it comes to terror suspects. Whether we try him in the ICC or in the US, it would be a circus.

Perhaps it's easier to not go through that process, kill the terrorist and dump his body in the ocean which is what was done.

[RaleighNCDUer]

15. Lazier, not easier.

Consider the 'blind cleric'.

After the first World Trade Center bombing in February 1993, the FBI began to investigate Rahman and his followers more closely. With the assistance of an Egyptian informant wearing a listening device, the FBI managed to record Rahman issuing a fatwa encouraging acts of violence against US civilian targets, particularly in the New York and New Jersey metropolitan area. The most startling plan, the government charged, was to set off five bombs in 10 minutes, blowing up the United Nations, the Lincoln and Holland tunnels, the George Washington Bridge and a federal building housing the FBI. Government prosecutors showed videotapes of defendants mixing bomb ingredients in a garage before their arrest in 1993. Rahman was arrested on 24 June 1993, along with nine of his followers.<10> On 1 October 1995, he was convicted of seditious conspiracy, and in 1996 was sentenced to life in prison.

The dude was arrested just 4 months after the attack, and in less than 2 1/2 years was convicted of his crimes, a remarkably short time for such a complex case. That's hardly longer than the Amanda Knox case took.

That's how justice is supposed to work.

[jefferson_dem]

17. What if they clarified that he died a swift but painful death thanks to the well placed bullet

to the chest and then to the head of a sharp-shooting NAVY seal? That might be helpful to some...

[msanthrope]

6. and the 20%? Freepers, the PL on DU and John yoo... n/t

[Tarheel_Dem]

7. Ditto....

:thumbsup:

[Keith Bee]

12. 80%?

That's probably higher than here, based on some recent posts I've read.

[RaleighNCDUer]

14. That lead has two separate, different statements.

It might have been the right thing to do, but it wssn't "justice".

Justice requires a court, a trial, and a judgment by a person or persons vested with the legal authority to make a just decision.

This was vengeance, war, or a lynching - depending on your perspective - but it was NOT justice.

[Lorien]

18. +1. There were some things that this administration and the last

don't want the public to discuss, and a trial would have brought those things up.

[Johnny2X2X]

19. Why no Outrage

I don't understand why there is no outrage by what they found with Bin Laden. It is being called a Command Center for Al Qaeda now. We were lied to for years about how Bin Laden was no longer a threat and he shouldn't be worried about. He was in fact the biggest danger to America, by far our biggest threat. He was still running Al Qaeda and was still planning attacks against the US. I am outraged that we were lied to about our safety for so long.

The Bush Administration missed him in Tora Bora and then lied about his threat level to try to blunt their failure to get him. Sickening!!!