Reply #62: although I am personally relieved that bin laden is gone Chomsky certainly has some food for thought

[Douglas Carpenter]

No one can seriously claim that this operation was not illegal. Of course it was as illegal as one can get on several levels. Even if personally, I'm so relieved that the old bastard who has facilitated so much suffering on the Arab world is now dead that - I'm willing to grant a one-time only exception to the rule of international law. But let's not fool ourselves. The American reaction lead by George W. Bush was far worse. And I fear that the only real lesson the world learns from this experience is that might makes right.