I would have still supported the killing of OBL if he was sniped in his sleep from 1,000 yards.

[backscatter712]

Or if they blasted him from the air with a Predator drone firing Hellfire missiles.

He declared war on us. We don't have to fight clean or fair.

[aquart]

1. I hope we captured him.

I hope he got to look us in the eye as our man took out his weapon and shot out that eye.

What we did was damned gentle compare to what he earned.

And now they're demanding that we feel bad about his daughter's trauma? ARE THEY KIDDING ME?

[RaleighNCDUer]

2. Yeah, but I still would have preferred to see him standing there

when the judge brings down the gavel and says 'Guilty'.

Taking him out this way, even if it was the only way possible, legitimizes his 'war'. It was, and is, not a war. His acts were those of a criminal, not a warrior.