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Marr

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Fri May-06-11 03:51 PM
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68. Apparently the order was to kill bin Laden.

Edited on Fri May-06-11 03:51 PM by Marr

I've read nothing about an option to bring him in alive if he surrendered.

I understand Moore's point, but I don't think the idealism he describes has ever motivated our government. Or any other, for that matter. A dead bin Laden was a political winner, while a living bin Laden would present a lot of political complications. Law and idealism never trumps political expediency.

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