Friday, May 13, 2011

Justice Stevens: Bin Laden Killing Legal


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What a freakin' windbag taking the long way around -- OBL was an enemy commander of an active army who declared war on the US, who confessed (bragged) about bombing two US embassies and the World Trade Center -- of course it's legal to kill him anywhere you find him.

The propaganda value to the enemy of a live OBL on trial was worth more than any informatio­n which could be extracted from him. Death was the patriotic and humanitari­an course -- it ultimately will lead to less follow-on deaths by the enemy who even today is striking US agents worldwide in retaliatio­n. The quicker the better that we get this over with. Killing OBL was the quickest path to peace with the fewest casualties­.