BKT
Yes, remember the American contractor Nick Berg who was beheaded a few years back in Iraq. I'm not going to post a link just google his name.
baliphile
Yeah I remember that. Not worse than the children that have been blown to bits by the western allies.
BKT
No one is defending the god awful shit the US has done in the middle east so why even bring it up?
Fred2
So now suicide bombers are western allies, :icon_e_surprised: Baliphile which planet are you on?:icon_mrgreen:
Frosty
Good riddance I say, OBL must have known it would end like this, he even stated he would not be taken alive. I'm sure there would be plenty of people willing to pull the trigger.
ronb
Backtracking to Baliphile's original line...They summarily executed an unarmed man. So much for the international rules of engagement. All the triumphalism is sad.[/QUOTE]For citizens in countries where the "rule of law" as we understand it, is working, then a punishment is not implemented until after a trial process with sentencing.But ever since the western countries have been talking of the "war on terror" or similar, they are indicating that participants in this "war" may not receive the usual "justice" but that some "rules of war" may apply. As we know, killing without trial is common in wars.Obama said "justice was done", and Geoffrey Robinson says that with his legal background he should be more careful how he uses the word "justice". See a report at [url=http://www.independent.co.uk/opinion/commentators/geoffrey-robertson-why-its-absurd-to-claim-that-justice-has-been-done-2278041.html]Geoffrey Robertson: Why it's absurd to claim that justice has been done - Commentators, Opinion - The Independent[/url]
baliphile
No one is defending the god awful shit the US has done in the middle east so why even bring it up?[/QUOTE] Obviously because they are still doing it by executing people without trial.
gilbert de jong
Obviously because they are still doing it by executing people without trial.[/QUOTE] the cause justifies the means, and it's the result that matters....imho
goldminer
Obviously because they are still doing it by executing people without trial.[/QUOTE] Its not a courtroom, its a war, a war on terrorism....and Osama just became a statistic!
baliphile
Got what he deserved, the end result that matters etc etc is the mob talking. And no Fred2 the Americans don't use suicide bombers, they don't need to, they have Tomahawk missiles, attack helicopters and remote control drones. The so called "terrorists" use whatever means they can.Despite all the rhetoric about terrorism, the allies have terrorised the civilian populations of Iraq and Afghanistan with tens of thousands of civilan casualties, 90% of all casualties civilians. Terrorism is in any case a valid form of warfare when you are vastly out gunned by your enemy. Nelson Mandela was labelled a terrorist.If the US and the western allies weren't propping up the various despots in the oil states, pumping in billions of dollars no questions asked, allowing them the kill their own citizens indiscriminately without trial perhaps those persecuted wouldn't feel they needed to resort to terrorism.Think about that next time you fill up, your cheap oil has indirectly led to you being terrorised. Geoffrey Robertson is dead right. The execution of bin Laden was not justice. If justice isn't important, look forward to a lot more terrorism. You brought it on yourselves.
fordprefect
[b]Last Sunday around the web[/b]I was disgusted by the videos of the ninnies jumping around and hooting like they'd just treed a coon or won the World Series. Pathetic. And just because I live here I get associated with this riffraff.Twitter provided some much needed comic relief. Borowitz: "He(OBL)'s in paradise now with 72 Gloria Allreds"Elsewhere: recalled (spurious?) Mark Twain quote (correct me if I'm wrong--like I need to tell YOU this!):"I've never wished a man dead, but I have read some obituaries with great pleasure." Otherwise I think it's reasonable to compare this action to cutting a wart off your elbow.
stuart12
That's good news.
matsaleh
That's good news.[/QUOTE]Where have you been for the past 10 months... Mars? :listening_headphone
Rangi
I know it was quit a while back but i hope everyone is not believing america about this. . That story was complete BS if you ask me. .
SHoggard
[b]Mars?[/b]Where have you been for the past 10 months... Mars? :listening_headphone[/QUOTE] Uranus most probablyBut hey ho, next stop is looking awfully like Iran
