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dkf (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-08-11 10:08 PM Original message |
By international law, capturing Bin Laden is just as sticky as killing him. |
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LynneSin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-08-11 10:10 PM Response to Original message |
1. I hate to say it but I'm glad we killed the guy |
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dkf (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-08-11 10:18 PM Response to Reply #1 |
4. Me too. |
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CelticThunder (460 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-08-11 10:11 PM Response to Original message |
2. Fortunately we have a govt. that doesn't believe international law applies to it. |
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dkf (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-08-11 10:12 PM Response to Reply #2 |
3. Would you rather we be sitting targets? |
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TheMadMonk (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-08-11 11:12 PM Response to Reply #3 |
7. Wouldn't be sitting targets if it wern't for Western (and particularly American)... |
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themadstork (797 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-08-11 11:19 PM Response to Reply #3 |
9. Because obeying international law makes us sitting targets? |
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dkf (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-09-11 01:59 AM Response to Reply #9 |
14. It kind of does if we weren't allowed to do this. |
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virgogal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-08-11 10:21 PM Response to Reply #2 |
6. The guys at the top always take care of eschother. Fact of life. |
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elleng (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-08-11 10:20 PM Response to Original message |
5. 'Osama bin Laden was not in our custody. |
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themadstork (797 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-08-11 11:16 PM Response to Original message |
8. Well, yeah. |
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Distant Observer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-08-11 11:24 PM Response to Original message |
10. OBL's death/assasinaiton is distracting from the madness of wars and killing generally |
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dkf (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-09-11 02:00 AM Response to Reply #10 |
15. What do you suggest we should have done with him? |
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krispos42 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-08-11 11:27 PM Response to Original message |
11. And this is why we have black ops. |
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tritsofme (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-08-11 11:32 PM Response to Original message |
12. The 2001 AUMF gave President Obama explicit legal authority to enter Pakistan and kill Osama. |
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dkf (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-09-11 01:57 AM Response to Reply #12 |
13. Well then why are so many complaining? |
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BzaDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-09-11 02:00 AM Response to Reply #13 |
16. People are complaining because they don't like that the law allows this. Usually they claim that the |
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BzaDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-09-11 02:02 AM Response to Original message |
17. It is entirely legal under the laws of war to kill an unarmed declared combatant, in the abscence of |
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dkf (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-09-11 02:07 AM Response to Reply #17 |
19. It seems that whoever is saying he was unarmed and therefore should not have been killed |
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BzaDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-09-11 02:26 AM Response to Reply #19 |
23. Obviously, the legality depends on certain factual predicates. |
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dkf (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-09-11 02:35 AM Response to Reply #23 |
24. Yes, so those who make the point that he should have been tried, have no |
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BzaDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-09-11 02:45 AM Response to Reply #24 |
28. I don't think so, though it depends on what parts of international law they are wrong about. |
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Warren DeMontague (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-09-11 02:07 AM Response to Original message |
18. Where does Santorum land on the stickiness? |
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joshcryer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-09-11 02:10 AM Response to Original message |
20. The thing is, wikileaks cables indicate that there was effectively an unspoken authorization... |
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Rex (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-09-11 02:18 AM Response to Original message |
21. To protect ourselves by violating another nations borders |
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dkf (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-09-11 02:24 AM Response to Reply #21 |
22. They obviously thought Pakistan would let him escape. |
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Rex (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-09-11 02:35 AM Response to Reply #22 |
25. Nothing, that is why I said it could have possibly been seen as an act of war |
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dkf (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-09-11 02:37 AM Response to Reply #25 |
26. But we only thought there was a what 55% chance he was there? |
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Rex (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-09-11 02:40 AM Response to Reply #26 |
27. I agree, a very bold move to take and maybe the ramifications |
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dkf (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-09-11 02:58 AM Response to Reply #27 |
29. I wonder it this isn't more of a move on Pakistan than we would think. |
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