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ORIGINAL: hlen5

He admitted on tape he was responsible. He was crowing the damage on the Twin Towers exceeded his expectations (building collapses vs major damage).

I think the military tribunals at Gitmo are a sham and a shame, but I won't lose sleep over OBL's demise. Let's think about the people who jumped to their death rather than being burned alive. Let's think about one of the jumpers who landed on/killed the NYC Fire Chaplain (Father Michal Judge, I think).

In spite of what I've written above, I DO believe in the rule of law. We should strive for perfection and justice in the courts. I'm not going to weep for OBL's "trampled rights".

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ORIGINAL: Aneirin

A dog is a four legged animal, OBL was a two legged human, dogs we might put down if they are a problem to humanity, but people deserve to be treated as people whatever their reported crime, remember in the west one is innocent until proved guilty and admission of crimes can be disproved. If we are to be so righteous in our condemnation of others, which includes interference in another county's politics or lands, we better make sure we have the right to be righteous by living up to what we hold as true. As anything other just makes us look like frauds and no doubt just adds to our critics and condemers view of us, and undoubtedly causes our own countrymen to question, as we are doing on these boards.

If there is at all a doubt or question in your mind about this episode, then somewhere in you something feels wrong, but on the other hand, as soon as you accept the killing of another without due process, you have no complaint when similar is done to you or yours.

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9-11 was pretty much unprovoked

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ORIGINAL: Aneirin

A dog is a four legged animal, OBL was a two legged human, dogs we might put down if they are a problem to humanity, but people deserve to be treated as people whatever their reported crime, remember in the west one is innocent until proved guilty and admission of crimes can be disproved. If we are to be so righteous in our condemnation of others, which includes interference in another county's politics or lands, we better make sure we have the right to be righteous by living up to what we hold as true. As anything other just makes us look like frauds and no doubt just adds to our critics and condemers view of us, and undoubtedly causes our own countrymen to question, as we are doing on these boards.

If there is at all a doubt or question in your mind about this episode, then somewhere in you something feels wrong, but on the other hand, as soon as you accept the killing of another without due process, you have no complaint when similar is done to you or yours.

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ORIGINAL: Aneirin

Do you see any parallels here, a bunch of combatants secretly enter another country to assassinate someone, tell me, where is that different from what terrorists do.

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ORIGINAL: youwillbeOurs

Granted, I see your point partially. However, the difference between their methods and our's is monumental. We announce that he is being hunted, they strike like the cowardly dogs they are. We use a precise team and do our best to remove the cancer with minimum casualties, they use 747s to destroy as many of us as they can. There are children going on without mothers and fathers, parents going on without children, families that will never see their loved ones again and who may have watched in horror as that loved one died on national tv to escape an even more gruesome and prolonged death. If you want to defend his rights, defend it to the people I have mentioned above and see how morally superior you feel then. Anyone who can commit those atrocities have already forfeited their right to due process and any sympathy whatsoever. That's my two cents.