Osama Bin Laden's Sons Whining That Their Mass Murderer Enemy Combatant Most Wanted Terrorist Father Was Not Arrested And Given A Trial

There is now a letter for all to see, in which Bin Laden’s adult sons incredulously “demand an inquiry . . . into the fundamental question as to why our father was not arrested and tried but summarily executed without a court of law.” From the letter: "If OBL has been killed in that operation as President of United States has claimed then we are just in questioning as per media reports that why an unarmed man was not arrested and tried in a court of law so that truth is revealed to the people of the world. If he has been summarily executed then, we question the propriety of such assassination where not only international law has been blatantly violated but USA has set a very different example whereby right to have a fair trial, and presumption of innocence until proven guilty by a court of law has been sacrificed on which western society is built and is standing when a trial of OBL was possible for any wrongdoing as that of Iraqi President Sadam Hussein and Serbian President Slobodan Miloševic’. We maintain that arbitrary killing is not a solution to political problems and crime’s adjudication as Justice must be seen to be done."

I maintain, given that these are the sons of the world's most wanted Islamoterrorist, that they ought to stop their whining and second guessing of Navy Seals on the ground. Taking Bin Laden alive would have first and foremost been useful for intelligence gathering purposes. As to a trial, while taking him alive and giving him some sort of trial might have been good public relations for the U.S. and potentially provide a soap box for Bin Laden himself if he were tried in a civilian court where he could use the witness box as a podium to spew his venom (something not so outlandish given the current occupant of the oval office), the fact is that the Navy Seals made what must have been a split second decision to shoot and not take any chances. There is no evidence that they were given a "kill only order" as opposed to a "catch or kill order," and if those brave soldiers and intelligence operatives decided in that moment that it was in their interest and safety to shoot Bin Laden's brains out rather than take any chances, then no one in their right mind should be criticizing them from the comfort of the sidelines, least of all the offspring of that monster Bin Laden.
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