I really wish we could know, verified and without a doubt, what did exactly happen that night.
And, while this was probably an impossibility, I really wish they had been able to bring him out alive. Being killed (Assassinated? Murdered?) during the raid was probably the simplest outcome for everybody involved (including al-Qaeda and the Islamic Jihadist movements.) But, the idea of bin Laden rotting in solitary confinement somewhere after being put to trial for murder, would have provided more closure, denied him martyrdom, and established that, yes, the West is willing to follow due process no matter how monstrous the crime.
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And, while this was probably an impossibility, I really wish they had been able to bring him out alive. Being killed (Assassinated? Murdered?) during the raid was probably the simplest outcome for everybody involved (including al-Qaeda and the Islamic Jihadist movements.) But, the idea of bin Laden rotting in solitary confinement somewhere after being put to trial for murder, would have provided more closure, denied him martyrdom, and established that, yes, the West is willing to follow due process no matter how monstrous the crime.
JGH
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