SAY WHAT? Should We Have Captured and Tried Bin Laden?

by Travis J. Quibbert Posted 2011/05/11 14:00:00

Related Topics: Osama Bin Laden, Omar Bin Laden, New York Times, Seal, Trial, Osama, Bin Laden, New York, United States, Al Qaeda, Guilty, The New York Times, Court, Captured

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Should we have captured Osama bin Laden and tried him, like Slobodan Milosevic and Saddam Hussein? That's the opinion of Omar bin Laden, one of Osama's sons.

The younger bin Laden says he long ago condemned his estranged father's violent ways, as detailed in his 2009 book, "Growing Up Bin Laden," but he tells The New York Times (in sometimes broken English) that he must now "condemn the president of the United States for ordering the execution of unarmed men and women."

Bin Laden is asking "why an unarmed man was not arrested and tried in a court of law so that truth is revealed to the people of the world ... We maintain that arbitrary killing is not a solution to political problems."

He says he is assembling a panel of lawyers to help him investigate the matter.

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Writer of dreams 2011/05/11 15:13:44

Yes

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Osama Bin Laden should've at least been captured and faced trial in the United Nations. Yes, I know he was the most wanted man in the world, but isn't that kind of contradicting? Killing a man in hopes of peace?
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stephanie 2011/05/19 19:54:44

No

He did not want to be captured by what ( Islam calls ) INFIDELS. I believe he wanted to be killed and not in the hands of Americans, since Americans are bad people. The war on terror has cost America trillions of dollars. Why add more. And IF he were in American custody? It would not have help out America one bite. Shooting him was the best for all.

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Mike 2011/05/19 10:05:52

Yes

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I'm up in the air about it, but I do believe that the body-less and proof-less assassination was all to convenient for the upcoming elections.

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Cold Warrior 2011/05/17 16:22:07

No

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A civilian trial? seriously? Does anyone remember that this murdering savage declared war on the USA??? He organized and financed terrorist attacks around the world, killing thousands. Yeah lets put him on trial that'll take years and let him spew his poison and hatred on TV around the world courtesy of America. A free propaganda show for all the jihadi wannabes out there who need someone to blame their problems on and kill people.

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Pureblood_ 2011/05/17 08:46:29

Yes

why do we kill people to show people that killing people is no good ?they should have tried to capture his ass not straight owt kill th guy...

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gunner 2011/05/17 02:30:49

Yes

If the rule of law does not apply to the worst of civilization,why should it apply to YOU ?

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Horace 2011/05/16 15:57:58

Yes

I would say yes just because if they had captured him they probably could have extracted useful information from him.

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Zher 2011/05/16 05:14:49

No

Hang that bastard too

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sketchbone 2011/05/16 03:44:45 (edited)

No

Pests to humanity and world peace should be eradicated. Rejoice that there's one less pest. Daddy roach is gone. Let's exterminate some more.

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gunner to sketchbone 2011/05/17 02:32:16

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The hell with law and order , right ? Lets just start killing who ever you say !

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sketchbone to gunner 2011/05/17 03:42:35

No.................just the pests.

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gunner to sketchbone 2011/05/18 02:41:16

Very well. What criteria do we use to determine who is a pest ?

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sketchbone to gunner 2011/05/18 03:01:01

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uh, maybe a dude who planned the hi jacking or 4 full jet liners of innocents with the murdering of thousands in NYC and washington, dc, got a clue yet, there gunner?

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outlaw 2011/05/16 01:29:45

Yes

Maybe there is more to it than what we are told. I would love to have found out why he felt the need to massacre innocent hard working people.

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2011/05/15 21:16:58

No

Sending a kill team to execute Bin Laden was absolutely the right call, Leon Panetta should be congratulated

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vegashousewife 2011/05/14 22:09:02

Yes

I would of liked to hear his side of story,a dead man tells no tales.

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Christina 2011/05/14 08:47:01 (edited)
gunner to Christina 2011/05/17 02:34:16

Every criminal deserves a trial. I don`t feel sorry for him,but for our society and what we are turning into.

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casanova frankenstein 2011/05/13 11:44:09

Yes

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Should have been fed to a pack of feral hogs.

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MG-42 to casanov... 2011/05/13 16:35:25

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ILuvMonkeys 2011/05/13 07:47:21
Doug 2011/05/13 04:58:05 (edited)

Yes

Capturing a person that died over 10 years ago can't be that hard now can it? Here are the Navy seals that made the assault on the bin laden compound looking for fish scraps...

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MG-42 to Doug 2011/05/13 16:36:00

Assklown!

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MG-42 to MG-42 2011/05/13 16:37:53

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askmike to Doug 2011/05/15 04:21:07

Show the evidence OBL died 10 years ago. You can make millions publishing the proof.

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askmike to Doug 2011/05/15 19:08:38

OBL died prior to the 9/11 attacks? OBL was not #1 al-Qaeda? The al-Qaeda operatives have been in the dark for 10years and they believed the videos he produced? That is one tall lie you are telling.

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wahrheit 2011/05/12 15:17:12

Yes

I think the US should have left Osama drift on into obscurity, instead of reviving his image and vision. To top that off, we lost yet another tech advance to the Chinese...

But since the administration had to get Bin Laden-- the least that could have been done was to guard the moral high ground. Killing a civilian unarmed, and declaring it was okay because he didn't surrender-- and offering no proof of any claims to support the assertion that Bin Laden was resisting after having to back-peddle on numerous other details rings hollow.

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big dipper to wahrheit 2011/05/12 16:21:04

In Unforgiven when William Muny saw his friend in a coffin outside the bar, he went in and asked for the owner. When the owner identified himself, he shot with s shotgun. Whe he was told the man was unarmed, he replied"He should have armed himself if he is going to display my friend like that. America had over 2,900 friends who died on 9/11/01.

I don't get the idea on this one. When the President wanted to close Gitmo, build a prison in Montana, and try the prisoners in New York, Republicans cried and scared everyone to death forcing the President to continue to use the Gitmo & Military tribunals. Now, folks are questioning why we killed this mass murder crazy man and pay for his comfort, meals, and healthcare for the rest of his life. Do you really belief there is any high moral ground to be gotten over letting Bin Laden live?

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Doug to big dipper 2011/05/13 05:01:38

Dude, he died 10 years ago....get over it.

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big dipper to Doug 2011/05/13 10:10:36

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Don't forget the consiracy over the moon landing too, Dude! :)

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askmike to Doug 2011/05/15 19:09:58

You are dreaming. OBL was dead prior to the downing of the Twin Towers! BS!

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wahrheit to big dipper 2011/05/13 09:17:34

Life is not a movie. If you shot and killed someone because of the death of a friend, unless that person was threatening you with bodily harm, you'd be guilty of murder-- irrespective of how many of your friends that person killed. The old saying goes: Two wrongs do not make a right.

The moral high ground forfeited in this goes well beyond Osama though. The fact is, the US grants asylum to individuals wanted in their homelands for various political crimes, some of which involve alleged violence and loss of life. Would it be OK for the Chinese to send a special forces hit team into the US to off the Dali Lama, or maybe a few of the Uighur refugees?

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big dipper to wahrheit 2011/05/13 10:15:45

I understand your compassion and reason but this is another instance of a no win situation where the President had the unfortunate responsibility for those SEALS lives. If they captured him and wasted time trying to gather him and the information, they all could have been captured or killed by Pakistan. Trying to take the high moral ground (i.e. GITMO, Civilian trails for the terrroist, and no torture) as you say has gotten this President nothing but hate and ridicule.

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MG-42 to wahrheit 2011/05/13 21:20:25

My, but you're a MORAL guy. But a traitor, too! Get lost!

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FantasyAuthor 2011/05/12 14:41:51

Yes

He should have been captured(proven that he was captured)and tried(proven that he has been tried)and than killed(proven that he was killed)

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mikeyllo 2011/05/12 14:23:05

No

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If it was possible to do so, than yes we should have captured and tried him. However, since none of us were there during the raid, we can only go by what we are being informed of and that's that Bin Laden was offered the chance to go quietly but he resisted and approached the officers which is consistent with the way any one of us would have been handled if we had done the same. Let some uniformed officers aim guns at you and give you orders that you ignore and then move toward them. It's going to be taken as a threat to their safety and they're going to shoot whether your name is Osama, Polly-Anna, or Jahiem.

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jeffro2010 2011/05/12 14:22:26

No

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Allowing him to have a trial would have served no other purpose than grant him a world wide audience. He was an evil coward who deserved the most painful and undignified death possible!

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American All The Way 2011/05/12 14:12:51

No

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We did capture him and I must say the job was well done. Got an idea - Let's capture omar just like we did benny. See, the whole world see's AMERICA as we are - a bunch of bleeding heart wishee-washee's. When you have trash around most people want to throw it away ASAP. Good riddin's to bad rubbish. Wonder if the fish even get close to him, if it is him!!!!!

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Richard Hungwell AKA Relent... 2011/05/12 14:00:05

No

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There would have been terrorists trying to kill everyone to get him back, If we would have taken him alive.

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larinemuchiri 2011/05/12 13:50:08

Yes

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Yes it woould have been great to see him in the chambers without any gun or bomb and just at the mercies of the judge!

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juice 2011/05/12 13:42:56

No

I'm glad he's dead...and I want to see his body because I have some doubts that he is really dead, can't trust the Government no matter who's in charge!

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