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Originally Posted by flamesaresmokin
Osama is definitely dead. If he wasn't we would have heard from alqaeda by now refuting this claim and surely his family would be saying differently. I just find it stupid not to show people that it is indeed over.
They should have brought him in, tried him in a western justice system and executed him as opposed to taking him out. This would have curbed a large amount of questioning. I suppose this may have opened the door for a flurry of attacks against the US so its a very tough area.
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You're right. But i think it would have done the complete opposite. If he was captured, tried and executed things would have been done the right way. I think killing him and not giving proof of his death is worse and would open the door for more violence.
One of the reasons people advocate capital punishment is because it is a gruesome deterrent. If you show everyone that a crime will have the punishment of death, you will have that in the back of a persons mind if they think of committing that crime. I think same thing would apply here. We are all human. If Bin Laden was captured and executed i think it would have sent a strong message to people.