Should Bin Laden have been taken alive?

[OumaFan]

Johan Hari is fast becoming my favourite journalist. A very good article indeed.

Johann Hari: The real meaning of Bin Laden's death - Johann Hari, Commentators - The Independent

Good article. The use of the quotes at the end is a bit questionable but whatever.

Too bad he was one of those on the left who supported the war in Iraq but I guess no one's perfect.

[Gandalf]

Johan Hari is fast becoming my favourite journalist. A very good article indeed.

Johann Hari: The real meaning of Bin Laden's death - Johann Hari, Commentators - The Independent

Good article. The use of the quotes at the end is a bit questionable but whatever.

Too bad he was one of those on the left who supported the war in Iraq but I guess no one's perfect.

True, he seems to have learnt from that. I don't always agree with his views, but on the whole he produces some very interesting material.

[OumaFan]

The only other part about that article that I have some issue with is the part about the Pakistanis shielding him because of what we did. He's speaking in the sense of how Pakistani people would look at us, not their government. And I have no issues with how Pakistani people might think of us. But their have been questions about the Pakistani government (especially their intelligence network) and their connections with Al-Qaeda long before anything we did to them. Basically it seems that they like our aid money but not much else.

[No Contest]

TBH I've heard alot of people dont like Pakistani's for some reason. Used to have an teammate on the volleyball team who was Afghani, and really hated Pakistanis. I know India hates them. Anyone care to enlighten me on this or is it just India and my friend from high school?

[VictorCharlie]

"Afghans" is a very general and nebulous term but generally speaking they don't like Pakistan b/c they believe much of the issues in their country are exacerbated by Pakistani meddling. Of course the Pashtuns largely disregard the Durand line as a whole. India hates them over the disputed Kashmir region.

[No Contest]

"Afghans" is a very general and nebulous term but generally speaking they don't like Pakistan b/c they believe much of the issues in their country are exacerbated by Pakistani meddling. Of course the Pashtuns largely disregard the Durand line as a whole. India hates them over the disputed Kashmir region.

This must be a highly profitable corridor? Kashmir region, is that undeveloped or who has developed the region? You have Pakistan India and China all wanting to claim the region. What is the major economic factor of this area...I hope its not heroin/drugs.

[generalbulldog]

If I'm not mistaken, wasn't Pakistan formed from a piece of India's land? Since Muslims didn't get along with the HIndus and demanded their own land after the end of British colonization? So there is that historical animosity there that probably plays a major part.

[OumaFan]

I read somewhere that some problems were caused when there were a load of Afghanis flooding into Pakistan when they were fighting the Soviets. Don't know for sure though. And yeah obviously Pakistan and India hate each other.

Edit: Van's explanation sounds better than mine.