While people celebrate and cheer Osama Bin Laden's death consider this.
Imagine the treasure trove of intelligence he represented had we taken him alive.
We could have dismantled Al Qaeda.
Unless of course he was no longer vital to Al Qaeda after years of isolation in his Pakistani compound.
But if that's true how then do we justify violating international law by invading a sovereign nation, storming a private residence and summarily executing unarmed people without first bringing them to trial? Even Osama Bin Laden was entitled to a trial.
I think much of the world is left wondering how our behavior then differs from the terrorists.
Imagine the treasure trove of intelligence he represented had we taken him alive.
We could have dismantled Al Qaeda.
Unless of course he was no longer vital to Al Qaeda after years of isolation in his Pakistani compound.
But if that's true how then do we justify violating international law by invading a sovereign nation, storming a private residence and summarily executing unarmed people without first bringing them to trial? Even Osama Bin Laden was entitled to a trial.
I think much of the world is left wondering how our behavior then differs from the terrorists.
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