Jeremy Scahill Accuses US Government Of Executing Bin Laden - 'An Unarmed, Elderly Man'

[amosharvey]

Comments

[mollywobbles867]

I kept waiting for the evidence to appear in the article but nope. I definitely think it's possible and even probable that he was simply assassinated but a journalist should provide proof.

[fenris_lorsrai]

yeah, this article just kinda fell flat for me. Like they wrote an introduction to a bunch of different papers and then never actually wrote the paper to go with it.

It seems strangely disjointed.

[mollywobbles867]

This is the perfect description of this article. First it's about Scahill thinking Bin Laden was executed rather than killed in a capture mission. Then, it's about a movie, then it's about his reputation, then it's about corporations.

[meadowphoenix]

I agree that Bin Laden's death has a rather Catalinian flair, but I disagree that that's a problem. I would like evidence of fabrication also.

[freezer]

I'm just waiting for the answer to "If Bin Laden was assassinated... This is a bad thing why?"

[mellawe]

because killing people is bad and killing people without a trial is even worse. And throwing the judicial process in the trash for one person because we deem him not worth it means we throw it away for everyone else too .

[akashasheiress]

Well said.

[soleiltropiques]

IAC.

[kate_mct]

'An unarmed, elderly man' who orchestrated the deaths of 3000+ people on 9/11, not mention all the people that were killed on his orders before 9/11 and after. As liberal as I like to think I am, I'm not crying or stomping my feet over his death, especially 3 years after it happened.

[mollywobbles867]

Scahill states that he isn't either, but there's nothing unusual about a journalist digging deeper. They should dig deeper. And just because it happened three years ago doesn't mean it should go unexamined. If that were the case, historians would be out of a job.

[dvdsky81]

MTE. He wasn't "executed". Bin Laden was far from a victim and I really dont appreactiate this guy trying to imply he was. He wasnt some kindly old man minding his own business in his own home when evil US troops bombarded him (unlike what he pulled on OUR soil). He's a mastermind puppeteer. He was too dangerous to be kept alive. While Im not much on government sactioned killing, myself, as murder is murder even/especially when it's done by a government, but when you've got someone that's wrecking havoc on the world-they need to be stopped. I believe that there are extremely rare circumstances that possibly justify such actions. This was one.

[kate_mct]

I don't agree with government-sanctioned killing either, but bin Laden was a threat to every country, not just us. Putting him on trial, like the Israelis did with Adolph Eichmann, would've just given him a platform and a chance to make himself a martyr, which would've led to more deaths.

[maynardsong]

Yeah whatever. I'm never opposed to criticizing the us but as a brown woman I'm finding it rich that a white dude is getting all ~more liberal than thou over bin Laden.

[kate_mct]

Especially, when Liberals were cheering the loudest when POTUS announced it.

[amosharvey]

as a black woman am i allowed to agree with him jw

[maynardsong]

Shrug. Opine what you want. I'm desi but could easily be mistaken for Muslim and I am almost positive that it's informing my being on my guard against this most likely white male writer. I've been deeply suspicious of white liberals, particularly men, for almost a decade now, and this dude is one such man.