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Originally Posted by mikey_the_redneck
The notion that Osama Bin Laden is some hardcore warrior is pretty outlandish also..
OBL had Marfan Syndrome, as well as kidney disease. He was a sick, dying man.
http://www.google.ca/url?sa=t&source...IBPMSyz5RNSyJg
If this is all legit he could have been captured. The news agencies are now saying he didn't use a woman as a human shield, and he was unarmed. |
By all accounts he had the usual AK and Makerov in the room with him, as does every other adult male in that region, so he wasn't unarmed, the other males in the house were also armed
The US had no authority to capture or kill him without Pakistani permission to be honest so taking him alive would have left the yanks open to claims of kidnapping with the associated long running legal action etc. it also makes it easier for their allies in the Pakistani goverment, a dead Osama leaves them with much less they can be preasured over internally.
By killing him they reduce the Pakistani reaction to a few diplomatic complaints.