Where does that title come from anyway? I have been a peacekeeper the world over, I never heard of it before I came here.

Two points:

You dont think there is a danger that killing OBL might make the situation worse? After all, a western government taking unilateral action in a muslim state to kill a radical muslim pretty much backs up everything OBL said about the west, and is quite likely to create a whole bunch of other radical muslims hell bent on revenge for what they will see a martyr to the illegal high handed action of the infidel?

Yes, some people are psychopaths, but last time I checked there was due legal process afforded to psychopaths before they got locked up to protect society, they are not just done away with cos its for the greater good.

I don't expect to know how the operation was conducted until some time has passed. But the aims and goals should be available for public scrutiny. The US isn't a military dictatorship.

This is particularly ignorant. It's actually quite funny. Go away and think about who funds my life choices and who funds the governments.

You are all entirely missing the point. If they had been sent to apprehend him and he was killed in that process, even if he was unarmed, then fair enough. I don't care how the soldiers on the ground acted on the mission, I care about what their orders were. We are being told by the US government that the marines or whatever were sent on a "kill mission". This isn't the heat of battle - this is deliberately setting out to murder somebody.

And as for this being out in the open. Yes, some things are required for operation secrecy etc, however the military takes it's orders from a civilian government. Somebody ok'd the operation to get him and what it would entail - this process and the decision made should be public.

I don't get you people. It not only appears that you are willing to let the state perform extra-judicial killings, you are also happy for the military to conduct them in secret without the public ever being told about the aims or motives behind their operations. Does democracy mean nothing at all to you lot?

They created the problem. Whether its communism or Islamism they need to demonize 'other' ideologies to justify their own.

If you think you live in a democracy, it's you who's being the naive one, Alan.

First and foremost, the US president is accountable to the US. He's number one concern is the safety and wellbeing of the US population. OBL was a threat to the country, and he's now been removed. The Attorney General, as has already been quoted on this forum, is satisfied that the process was legal and proper.

Many of the cradle's I know have spent copious amounts of time bending my ear about how pivotal they are in global affairs and charitable donations etc.....I actually don't know where it originated but I do know that several Canadian's have written book's available at Indigo stating that Canadian's who believe that are deluding themselves.

I do know back in the day Canada had the 4th largest army in the world......no doubt those were the days.

All sounds highly plausible to me.
I notice "arrest" is in quote marks.

It just beats me though what the legal grounds were.
There was no state of war in existence to justify a military action, and no jurisdiction for the americans to make an arrest as far as I can tell. Unlike you though, I am not a lawyer.

I agree that they created the problem. I think Bin Laden started to turn when the west changed their stance towards the Taliban.

Well he does live in B.C. mind.

I don't think 'a democracy' exists as a one-best-system, its a process or a set of principles that simply means rule by the people/demos and not ruled by a single or even a few rich twats.

I agree. And as somebody pointed out above, 'the people', it would appear, are pretty glad that Bin Laden has been dealt with.

That’s why we write down the rules and regulations in documents to stop mobs running riot on whims, otherwise you’d have tyranny by the majority. Obama was simply taking revenge, that's not lawful or advisable.

It's probably not as bad as starting wars.

Who should we be looking for the Americans kill next? Answers on a postcard to; President Murderous Bastard, A White House, America.