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Originally Posted by peter12
Absolutely wrong. Bin Ladin dead is worth a hell of a lot more than Bin Ladin alive. You kill Bin Ladin, show his corpse on CNN, and the US is officially winning the war on terror. The boogeyman is dead and the Lone Ranger killed him.
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Like I said, yes in the immediate aftermath.
But then the attacks will continue, someone else will head the organization, and the public will realize it's a little more complicated than that.
I don't know how much he could be commandering the organization on the run in the mountains anyway. And the cells are all over the world, run by whomever.
A live Bin Laden keeps the prospect of the boogyman alive.