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Originally Posted by valo403
I think keeping him alive could have been highly beneficial from an intelligence perspective, the guy obviously would have had a lot to spill if you could have gotten it out of him. At the same time, this wasn't a few local cops breaking up a loud party. The notion that they could go in there and just slap some cuffs on him is pretty outlandish.
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I think keeping him alive would have outraged his followers because they would demand for his release, and I think that a situation where the United States is holding/interrogating/torturing Bin Laden would put our troops in even more danger than they are in now that he's been killed.
I had a conversation with a friend of mine last night who's son is in Afghanistan in the US Army. I was going on about the story changing, if they should show the pictures, if they should have kept him alive..yadayada and she stopped me and said 'My kid is over there. I am so glad Osama's dead because now maybe he can come home. I honestly hope that Bin Laden's pictures aren't shown because I am so worried.'
It really hit me. I can't imagine what it's like to have a kid/relative/husband/wife over there right now. I think killing him was the right thing to do opposed to keeping him and bringing him back.