He pulls a knife, you pull a gun.
He sends one of yours to the hospital, you send one of his to the morgue.
What was the political motive behind United States Osama Bin Laden’s killing? Why not capture him?
- If they had captured Osama bin Laden, what would they have done with him? Barack Obama opposed the Guantanamo Bay facility, so they would have had to keep him on United States soil. Where?
- If captured, he would have been tried, convicted, and executed. So not kill versus capture but kill then versus later.
- His trial would have been an obvious target and excuse for retaliation.
- His trial would have kept him in the news, encouraging more attacks.
- He was perceived as dangerous at the moment that he was shot. Source
When the commandos reach Bin Laden’s room on the third floor, an AK-47 and a Makarov pistol are seen in arm’s reach of Bin Laden.
- While there have been times and circumstances when the US military has taken prisoners intentionally, that’s not really their job.
Burial at sea
If he had been buried on land, his grave would be a landmark. Supporters might use it as a rallying point or symbol. Opponents might vandalize it.
No grave makes it harder to focus on a location.
The Punisher Is Rooted in American Trauma
The Netflix show, more than any other Marvel product, explores the idea that the country’s systems are fundamentally broken.
.. The Punisher, Netflix and Marvel’s new 13-episode drama about a superhero whose superpower is killing people with guns
.. Punisher, a former Marine Corps sniper, turned the merciless tactics of organized criminals against them, displaying no qualms about executing gangsters. He employed what amounted to an arsenal of military-grade weapons.
.. Hardcore fans of the comic-book Punisher, who include a large number of veterans and cops, love him because he’s simple. He takes no prisoners; he embodies eye-for-an-eye vengeance. The Punisher, though, wants to emphasize that it’s more complicated
—that Frank’s bleak agenda springs directly from the fact that all the systems he encounters are fundamentally broken.
.. It’s a fascinating indictment of the American government, which, the show argues, trains young men as killers and then casts them aside.
.. Without reliable institutions to believe in, The Punisher suggests, people create their own
.. “The system let Frank down in a big way,” Curtis explains at one point. “So he did what he was trained to do.”
.. What makes The Punisher most interesting, though, is that it’s clear Frank finds pleasure in killing. It’s the logical extension of all his years of training, the manifestation of his id, and it makes the most violent scenes more disturbing than heroic.
New Video Shows Kim Jong Nam’s Accused Killers Knew They Had Poison, Police Say
The new video shows that immediately after the assault, Ms. Huong and Ms. Aisyah strode quickly away in opposite directions, each walking with hands slightly raised and away from their bodies, then taking elevators down one level to separate restrooms. Both women reached the restrooms within minutes of the attack.
.. They stayed in the restrooms for about a minute, during which time each appeared to have washed her hands, a police officer said. Upon exiting the restrooms, both women relaxed their arms, striding quickly away with their hands at their sides, the video shows. Both women then left the airport.
Wan Azirul Nizam Che Wan Aziz, a police officer investigating the case, described the women’s demeanor as more relaxed after they exited the restrooms.