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Originally posted by Ryanamur:
Personnally, I don't think that Bin Ladden should be brought to trial. Regardless of where he is tried (USA/Europe/International Court or Muslim court), the trial will not be impartial!
I said before that we should just send in special forces to assassinate him that would have been a much smarter course of action and much more effective than what we've been doing so far! But let's let the public to their delusions of effectiveness!
A trial probably would be a disaster. I never said I want one, but if it comes to that I don't want it here for the reasons you mention.
Assasination sounds simple, but it only removes the man, and he alone isn't the problem, it's his network and those like him, hence the war on terrorism. Special Forces to handle the problem quick and easy sounds good, but it just wouldn't have worked. You can't insert a small team(s) into a hostile country the size of Afghanistan and expect results. There are teams to operate behind enemy lines, but not that far behind them, and not alone. Special Forces got the 8 relief workers out, but couldn't be expected to bring down an entire terrorist network.