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Cali_Democrat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-04-11 05:26 PM Original message |
Would it have been more prudent to capture an unarmed Bin Laden rather than kill him? |
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virgogal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-04-11 05:27 PM Response to Original message |
1. Yes. |
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onehandle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-04-11 05:28 PM Response to Original message |
2. He would have never talked. nt |
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bigwillq (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-04-11 05:29 PM Response to Reply #2 |
3. Maybe he would've after we tortured him. |
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originalpckelly (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-04-11 08:01 PM Response to Reply #3 |
36. "Now you will tell us the location of the hidden rebel base..." |
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bigwillq (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-04-11 09:34 PM Response to Reply #36 |
39. ha ha |
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NYC_SKP (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-04-11 05:29 PM Response to Original message |
4. I've thought about that and am glad it didn't go that way. |
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appleannie1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-04-11 05:29 PM Response to Original message |
5. And just how much do you think he would have told us? More than nothing or just plain lies? |
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Cali_Democrat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-04-11 05:33 PM Response to Reply #5 |
11. We could have trained interrogators attempt to extract information |
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pnwmom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-04-11 05:36 PM Response to Reply #11 |
17. We have trained computer experts extracting plenty of information right now. |
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uppityperson (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-04-11 05:30 PM Response to Original message |
6. How do you know they didn't? What makes you think he'd have shared information? |
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TheCowsCameHome (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-04-11 05:32 PM Response to Original message |
7. No. |
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seabeyond (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-04-11 05:32 PM Response to Original message |
8. no. he is done. nt |
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kestrel91316 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-04-11 05:33 PM Response to Original message |
9. No. |
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DevonRex (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-04-11 05:33 PM Response to Original message |
10. No. The prudent thing was for the SEALs to stay alive. |
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RZM (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-04-11 05:33 PM Response to Original message |
12. Here's my take: |
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uppityperson (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-04-11 05:37 PM Response to Reply #12 |
18. Seriously. None of us were there. Those who were had access to alot more info than we do |
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bigwillq (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-04-11 05:34 PM Response to Original message |
13. I'm content with the way things went (nt) |
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TTUBatfan2008 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-04-11 05:34 PM Response to Original message |
14. Hell no... |
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Ohio Joe (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-04-11 05:35 PM Response to Original message |
15. He would have revealed nothing |
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pnwmom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-04-11 05:35 PM Response to Original message |
16. Would it have been more prudent to subject our troops to more risk |
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gratuitous (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-04-11 05:38 PM Response to Original message |
19. Yes, but we're much more into cleanliness and efficiency these days |
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cliffordu (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-04-11 05:39 PM Response to Original message |
20. NO - His computers will provide what we need. |
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RC (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-04-11 06:32 PM Response to Reply #20 |
29. With that attitude, you are no better than bin Laden was. |
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cliffordu (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-04-11 07:57 PM Response to Reply #29 |
34. Jesus loves you. |
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RC (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-04-11 10:30 PM Response to Reply #34 |
41. That explains it then. |
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cliffordu (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-04-11 10:34 PM Response to Reply #41 |
43. Not really. |
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Teaser (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-04-11 10:36 PM Response to Reply #29 |
44. shaddup |
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midnight (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-04-11 05:39 PM Response to Original message |
21. yes... And have a trial to see the real 9-11 connections and how all the dots connect... |
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Cali_Democrat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-04-11 05:41 PM Response to Reply #21 |
23. Indeed. |
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Ohio Joe (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-04-11 05:51 PM Response to Reply #21 |
25. Non-sense |
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midnight (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-04-11 05:40 PM Response to Original message |
22. P.S. I K&R this site... Sorry it is still at 0. |
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guitar man (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-04-11 05:48 PM Response to Original message |
24. No |
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trayfoot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-04-11 05:54 PM Response to Original message |
26. NO |
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dipsydoodle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-04-11 05:55 PM Response to Original message |
27. Yes |
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Motown_Johnny (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-04-11 06:24 PM Response to Original message |
28. Where there is life, there is hope |
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Fool Count (878 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-04-11 06:50 PM Response to Original message |
30. Maybe, maybe not, I am not really sure. What I do know |
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cherokeeprogressive (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-04-11 06:53 PM Response to Original message |
31. Having him in US custody would surely have resulted in the loss of American lives. |
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leftstreet (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-04-11 07:00 PM Response to Original message |
32. "If the ultimate goal of the US is to stop terrorism" |
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madinmaryland (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-04-11 07:56 PM Response to Original message |
33. No. It would drag this out for another 10-20 years. Bad idea. |
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ProSense (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-04-11 07:59 PM Response to Original message |
35. Imagine |
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HysteryDiagnosis (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-04-11 08:03 PM Response to Original message |
37. Imagine they captured him and turned him around enough for him to call it |
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mcar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-04-11 08:06 PM Response to Original message |
38. Where would he keep him? |
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sad sally (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-04-11 09:55 PM Response to Original message |
40. Justice wasn't served...there was simply an execution. |
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Teaser (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-04-11 10:39 PM Response to Reply #40 |
46. Martin Luther King never said that. |
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DeadEyeDyck (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-04-11 10:33 PM Response to Original message |
42. probably yes |
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Canuckistanian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-04-11 10:38 PM Response to Original message |
45. A VERY unpopular opinion around here right now |
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Zax2me (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-04-11 10:48 PM Response to Original message |
47. Obama,release Bin Laden or we behead another hostage |
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bhikkhu (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-04-11 11:02 PM Response to Reply #47 |
48. Very good point. n/t |
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Puregonzo1188 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-04-11 11:12 PM Response to Original message |
49. It would have been in compliance with international law. |
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Capitalocracy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-04-11 11:16 PM Response to Original message |
50. It would've been only a million times better |
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OhioChick (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-04-11 11:20 PM Response to Original message |
51. There's no way the leader of Al-Qeada would've talked n/t |
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