Comments on: What is the impact of bin Laden’s death?

By: StanleyOluka

StanleyOluka — Tue, 03 May 2011 14:50:26 +0000

No one else could break the hard head of alqaida. The right American president to kill OSama had to be OBama!

By: SanPa

SanPa — Tue, 03 May 2011 14:03:37 +0000

Irrespective of whether the target is a major terrorist on the run or pirate holding hostages on the high seas, President Obama doesn’t hold back. If his predecessor had put as much resolve into pursuing Bin Laden as he had securing Iraqi oil properties for Texaco or cutting taxes for the monied, he could have hung Bin Laden’s head on the White House trophy wall during his term.

By: pidus121

pidus121 — Tue, 03 May 2011 14:02:41 +0000

cautious123 is absolutely RIGHT!!!

US is the flagship for life, liberty, freedom, new ideas, innovation and excel the humane causes.

this executive order to kill, in a civilized world, is too much to ignore the “due process of bringing justice”.

it brings back the era of cowboys, gun slingers and the “texan” justice!

Or maybe rich/top americans have somethign to hide … so they silenced him!

i do not believe that elite “SEAL” troops were not able to capture him, if they were really ordered that as the number one option.

By: breezinthru

breezinthru — Tue, 03 May 2011 12:51:00 +0000

I think it would be a bad idea to release postmortem photos of bin Laden. His followers would love to regard him as a martyr.

Let them wonder if he is really dead.

By: phanthanhgian

phanthanhgian — Tue, 03 May 2011 11:35:40 +0000

I am grateful for the services provided by the U.S. military in pinpointing the location of the terrorist hideout. However, once he has been located the next step should have been left to the law enforcement agencies of the U.S. and Pakistan. The storming of Osama’s residence by force is really not necessary and may justify further violence from the al Qaeda.

By: jonesseaman

jonesseaman — Tue, 03 May 2011 11:08:22 +0000

This man is a ghost so to speak. The pubic knows very little of his personal life. He is accused by civil, executive and military branches of the US and allegedly was a ‘public enemy #1′ and destroyed. I celebrate the death of no man or women what ever the circumstances might be. There is a higher power (I believe) that holds this particular responsibility. As for the necessity that his life must be taken and carried out by ordinary people like you and I; is debatable.

By: Foztah

Foztah — Tue, 03 May 2011 10:30:33 +0000

I hope Obin Laden is allergic to seafood. He was one mad, religious-conflict driven arab who scared the world into a darker, more anxious and unfriendly place. Glad he’s gone forever!

Eternal peace to all victims of this awful stupid bloody conflict

By: COSTAS.ELGRECO

COSTAS.ELGRECO — Tue, 03 May 2011 09:12:14 +0000

There’s an amazing mixture of emotions on these posts, ranging from satisfaction, revenge, mistrust of govt and contrarianism. Clearly the operation was a success and the media coverage indicates the president had a hands on involvement – so that’ll be good for his election campaign. But one has to wonder why Bin Laden was not brought in for questioning and why the news was made public when it would have served the government better to have continued in its covert mission until the required information was disclosed to them. Bin Laden’s information must surely have been of the highest value. If the ultimate goal is to eliminate terrorism worldwide, and i hope it’s that as opposed to simply building control and surveillance organizations, then Bin Laden should have been made to talk. And we know the Americans know how to do this; they do it currently.

By: Aloo10

Aloo10 — Tue, 03 May 2011 07:03:56 +0000

cautious123– His killing was not illegal by the exceptions granted in the Constitution. Now, our entry into Pakistan was undoubtedly illegal but that’s a different matter.

OCTheo– Do you really think the administration would take the gamble of declaring with 100% certainty they got him if it were possible Osama might release a video proving otherwise? Time for you to step away from all the conspiracy websites.

By: OliverTwist

OliverTwist — Tue, 03 May 2011 04:41:19 +0000

@OCTheo… I am constantly surprised by my countryman’s lack of accountability. I find it amusing that you think it socially acceptable to use incomplete fact, irrelevant findings and trumped up data to, in a vile and sad manner, attempt to persuade a reasonable person to actually believe you. I suppose there is one in every crowd though, too bad your one of us.