Should Bin Laden have been taken alive?

[Gandalf]

Give me the proof that he orcastrated 9/11?

Prove he didn't.

That would have been the job of Osama's lawyers, through an international court of law.

With him at the bottom of the ocean organising his defence team will be now be more difficult...

Exactly.

Now we are never going to know the real score about Osama Bin Laden. He orchestrated 9-11 and that's that. It has never even been conclusively proven and this is likely the way it shall always be.

Should have taken him in and done it the old fashioned way. It makes me question the US elite and how solid their case really is because if it was solid they could have just proven it and then had him executed.

The shoot an unarmed man dead approach just really, really stinks.

Considering they buried him at sea immediately to avoid offending Muslims, surely it would make sense to give him a fair trial to avoid offending them also?

If launching an illegal attack within the sovreign borders of Pakistan, dropping a kill team into his mansion, shooting up the place and taking him out, then tossing his body off a battleship is showing proper consideration to the Arab world it would be interesting to see what they would do when they were trying to cause offence.

Anyone who believes the whole official story on this is a buffoon.

The entire story is so scandalous really. Your second paragraph really puts it into context well. The only way to solve it properly was to take him alive and try him, but when you consider factors such as illegally launching an attack on sovereign soil, the possible lack of evidence against him, the evidence he might have against us etc you realise that it would be opening a serious can of worms. Instead of being a great victory in the 'war against terror' I really percieve this entire incident as them getting egg on their faces once again.

It raises a lot more questions than it answers.

[Ghost]

[AdamGB]

To really cause offence they should have beheaded him on a webcam than marched the body through the street burning Islamic banners and chanting "death to all nonbelievers, death to all muslims".

Its nice to know that even when being dicks, we're better than that.

[Ghost]

Here we go round the mulberry bush
The mulberry bush, the mulberry bush
Here we go round the mulberry bush
So early in the morning

This is the way we wash our clothes
Wash our clothes, wash our clothes
This is the way we wash our clothes
So early Monday morning

This is the way we iron our clothes
Iron our clothes, iron our clothes
This is the way we iron our clothes
So early Tuesday morning

This is the way we mend our clothes
Mend our clothes, mend our clothes
This is the way we mend our clothes
So early Wednesday morning

This is the way we sweep the floor
Sweep the floor, sweep the floor
This is the way we sweep the floor
So early Thursday morning

This is the way we scrub the floor
Scrub the floor, scrub the floor
This is the way we scrub the floor
So early Friday morning

This is the way we bake our bread
Bake our bread, bake our bread
This is the way we bake our bread
So early Saturday morning

This is the way we go to church
Go to church, go to church
This is the way we go to church
So early Sunday morning

[Shamrock]

Here we go round the mulberry bush
The mulberry bush, the mulberry bush
Here we go round the mulberry bush
So early in the morning

This is the way we wash our clothes
Wash our clothes, wash our clothes
This is the way we wash our clothes
So early Monday morning

This is the way we iron our clothes
Iron our clothes, iron our clothes
This is the way we iron our clothes
So early Tuesday morning

This is the way we mend our clothes
Mend our clothes, mend our clothes
This is the way we mend our clothes
So early Wednesday morning

This is the way we sweep the floor
Sweep the floor, sweep the floor
This is the way we sweep the floor
So early Thursday morning

This is the way we scrub the floor
Scrub the floor, scrub the floor
This is the way we scrub the floor
So early Friday morning

This is the way we bake our bread
Bake our bread, bake our bread
This is the way we bake our bread
So early Saturday morning

This is the way we go to church
Go to church, go to church
This is the way we go to church
So early Sunday morning