Osama Bin Laden dead

[k9870]

I can understand holding footage but i doubt well ever see it. Pics on the other hand no reason to hold back.

[funkychinaman]

The news now is that OBL was unarmed, but "resisted." Part of me knows that we're safer with him dead and not an inviting target for some rescue mission, but another part of me wonders if could've gotten him alive and gotten more intel out of him if the SEALs had responded with a taser or rifle butt instead of a double-tap to the noggin.

[k9870]

I dont think they ever planned to take him alive, and i still think its 50/50 if it was seal killing him or if he had a bodyguard end his miserable life so he wouldnt be taken alive. Hes dead though and thats all i care about.

[Spartan198]

Originally Posted by funkychinaman

The news now is that OBL was unarmed, but "resisted." Part of me knows that we're safer with him dead and not an inviting target for some rescue mission, but another part of me wonders if could've gotten him alive and gotten more intel out of him if the SEALs had responded with a taser or rifle butt instead of a double-tap to the noggin.

I can't really see AQ executing any kind of daring assault on Gitmo or whatever military base he ended up imprisoned on.

[k9870]

I hope aq comes out of the woodwork looking for revenge, if you can see it you can kill it.

[MT2008]

Originally Posted by Spartan198

I can't really see AQ executing any kind of daring assault on Gitmo or whatever military base he ended up imprisoned on.

I had an "Executive Decision" scenario in mind.

[Swordfish941]

Originally Posted by MT2008

I had an "Executive Decision" scenario in mind.

And if that ever happened, we would call on Kurt Russell?

[Evil Tim]

And kill Steven Seagal before he can do anything?

[funkychinaman]

I'd go with Option 1A, capture him, but tell the world he's dead and buried, and then interrogate him for all he's worth.

We've been hearing about the ill health thing since like 2003. Was it kidneys or something? If he can order men to fly planes into buildings, I don't think he'd be above ordering men to give him their organs.

[Spartan198]

Originally Posted by MT2008

I had an "Executive Decision" scenario in mind.

Yeah, I suppose that's a little more realistic concern. But what is there to prevent any attempts like that even with him dead? Hell, what prevented it with him safe and sound in Pakistan (*glares at the ISI*)? Nothing.

I mean, how is all this talk of possible retaliation by AQ any different from the last 9-1/2 years? Any attack they might carry out in response to his death would be just as likely as any attack they might carry out if he were alive and well. It's pretty much a "damned if you do, damned if you don't" type of situation.

Originally Posted by Swordfish941

And if that ever happened, we would call on Kurt Russell?

Originally Posted by Evil Tim

And kill Steven Seagal before he can do anything?

And Halle Berry to help land the plane.