Ding Dong bin Laden is gone

[Strangler Lewis]

Originally Posted by Moonliner

Really? We are arguing over who gets the credit for pre-meditated murder, incursion into a sovereign nation and trampling over the rules of law and justice we as a nation are supposed to stand for?

It's pretty clear that Bush and Obama should share credit for that.

Note to self: don't invite Moonliner over to watch "Munich." Or James Bond movies for that matter.

I'm reasonably comfortable thinking that Bin Laden was still "at war" with us, so that this was not a garden variety criminal justice matter.

The prospect of trying Bin Laden would have been a nightmare, even if they agreed from the word go that he would have been tried by a military tribunal. It still would have cost millions of dollars, would have taken years, and he probably would have died before any sentence was carried out.

As for Pakistan, well . . .

[Moonliner]

Originally Posted by Strangler Lewis

The prospect of trying Bin Laden would have been a nightmare, even if they agreed from the word go that he would have been tried by a military tribunal. It still would have cost millions of dollars, would have taken years, and he probably would have died before any sentence was carried out.

As for Pakistan, well . . .

I see. So what you are saying is that adhering to Constitution of the United States of America is based on how uncomfortable and/or expensive a particular issue is?