Seven

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When did he then? Right after 9/11 he surely said he was not responsible for the attacks, but rather he said more attacks would follow. You know about true Jihad movements... if they were responsible, they'd make sure people know they were.
The thing is he did hint at being responsible. Perhaps it was merely a case of wanting to be associated with them, I don't know. Either way I don't think it's particularly relevant.
 

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Bjerknes

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The thing is he did hint at being responsible. Perhaps it was merely a case of wanting to be associated with them, I don't know. Either way I don't think it's particularly relevant.
I think people tend to confuse approval with claiming responsibility, especially when all the pundits were blaming OBL the day after the attacks, some even on the day of, without any proof whatsoever. Nice con-game there.

But they don't have a true admission, nor any other evidence, which is why the FBI doesn't hold him responsible for the 9/11 attacks.
 

Bjerknes

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It's not in the interest of the US to kill him.
Indeed, it is not. Then if we do kill him we'd probably do so through bombing, so we won't ever know if the guy is still out there or responsible for anything. We put him into power so the CIA should give him the ring, telling him to come home.

I wonder how much more the Bush boys associate themselves with the Bin Laden family.
 

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I think people tend to confuse approval with claiming responsibility, especially when all the pundits were blaming OBL the day after the attacks, some even on the day of, without any proof whatsoever. Nice con-game there.

But they don't have a true admission, nor any other evidence, which is why the FBI doesn't hold him responsible for the 9/11 attacks.
He's still a terrorist and is responsible for attacks against Americans. And should be sent to get his virgins sooner than later.
 

Bjerknes

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He's still a terrorist and is responsible for attacks against Americans. And should be sent to get his virgins sooner than later.
Not before bringing him to justice. Other people who so ferociously want him dead only remember the 9/11 attacks anyway. So to kill him on the spot would be self-defeating, chugging along on the same moronic road we have been on for too long, IMO.
 

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Not before bringing him to justice. Other people who so ferociously want him dead only remember the 9/11 attacks anyway. So to kill him on the spot would be self-defeating, chugging along on the same moronic road we have been on for too long, IMO.
Justice... Should probably give him some sort of right to trial I suppose. Then kill him. Though we should do it in Utah or the south where he can still get a hanging. Well, the military might still have hanging as an execution option.
 

Seven

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Not killing him at all would be the only way to make the US look civilised. And that's what you guys need in international politics right now.
 

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I sort of agree keeping him alive in lockdown for the rest of his life would be the better option. Showing the world pictures of his dead body in the stranglehold of a noose would probably incite more violence.

One of my favorite little stories about 9/11 was how someone found a passport of a supposed hijacker in the streets of New York. Then what do you know, the guy turned up alive in Africa. Man, those passports must be produced with some pretty strong paper.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/1559151.stm
 

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Nothing pisses off a martyr more than robbing him of his martyrdom.
I sort of agree keeping him alive in lockdown for the rest of his life would be the better option. Showing the world pictures of his dead body in the stranglehold of a noose would probably incite more violence.

One of my favorite little stories about 9/11 was how someone found a passport of a supposed hijacker in the streets of New York. Then what do you know, the guy turned up alive in Africa. Man, those passports must be produced with some pretty strong paper.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/1559151.stm
And for what it's worth: you can brutalise him all you want, the world wouldn't care. In some cases the UN looks the other way ;).
 

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Not killing him at all would be the only way to make the US look civilised. And that's what you guys need in international politics right now.
Why would the US want to look civilized? How is looking civilized going to help international politics? I agree we should do the opposite of the Bush administration. We can do other things to look civilized. For instance, shutting down Gitmo, reducing troops in Iraq, providing more aid to AIDS groups, signing Kyoto, etc, etc.

But if we caught Osama... string him up. No matter what the international community says.
 

Seven

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Why would the US want to look civilized? How is looking civilized going to help international politics? I agree we should do the opposite of the Bush administration. We can do other things to look civilized. For instance, shutting down Gitmo, reducing troops in Iraq, providing more aid to AIDS groups, signing Kyoto, etc, etc.

But if we caught Osama... string him up. No matter what the international community says.
Oddly enough killing Osama would kill all credibility you have no matter how much you spend on AIDS groups.
 

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