His fate was SEALED........

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ghost19

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I can understand what you are saying but I feel the American people have a right to know who killed him after all their loss and suffering. JMO
I understand that point somewhat, but the undertaking of taking out Bin Laden was such a team effort, so many thousands of people involved, analysts, intelligence agents, troops, SEALS. The guy that actually pulled the trigger doesn't matter. More to the point, why would you want to put a bulls eye on your back letting the world know you were the one who did pull the trigger. It seems like anonymity would be the thing you would crave after your team pulled off a raid such as the one that took out Bin Laden. Everyone involved deserves credit but just not sure it's the right way to go about it.
 

Flat Matt

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I understand that point somewhat, but the undertaking of taking out Bin Laden was such a team effort, so many thousands of people involved, analysts, intelligence agents, troops, SEALS. The guy that actually pulled the trigger doesn't matter. More to the point, why would you want to put a bulls eye on your back letting the world know you were the one who did pull the trigger. It seems like anonymity would be the thing you would crave after your team pulled off a raid such as the one that took out Bin Laden. Everyone involved deserves credit but just not sure it's the right way to go about it.

I agree.

That guy has just made himself and his family a target for terrorists. Not a wise move, in my opinion.
 

staropeace

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I understand that point somewhat, but the undertaking of taking out Bin Laden was such a team effort, so many thousands of people involved, analysts, intelligence agents, troops, SEALS. The guy that actually pulled the trigger doesn't matter. More to the point, why would you want to put a bulls eye on your back letting the world know you were the one who did pull the trigger. It seems like anonymity would be the thing you would crave after your team pulled off a raid such as the one that took out Bin Laden. Everyone involved deserves credit but just not sure it's the right way to go about it.
I am glad to know that he died a coward's death like a lot of monsters do....trying to use a woman as a shield.
 

staropeace

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And plenty from the west willing to join them, by all accounts.

I do wonder how all this is going to end.
Matt for some reason this year I am dreading November 11. After what happened here in Canada, I will be worried. I loved when I cooked at the Legions on Remembrance Day. It was so moving....all the Mounties wearing red serge....all the vets and officers.
 

Flat Matt

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Matt for some reason this year I am dreading November 11. After what happened here in Canada, I will be worried. I loved when I cooked at the Legions on Remembrance Day. It was so moving....all the Mounties wearing red serge....all the vets and officers.

I don't blame you for being nervous. There's no doubting that this problem is getting worse.

I fully expect there to be protests on Remembrance Day at the very least. We'll here in the UK, anyway.
 

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Okay. I don't wanna talk outta my gluteus. I haven't looked at the articles. But if the actual shooter's identity is revealed, I have thoughts:

The mission to Abbottabad was an incredible military accomplishment. Not since the raid on Entebbe have we had a venture fire up the imagination and admiration of armed forces' capacity.

The ethic of that group is that it was an accomplishment for all. That ethic should be respected. Even their Commander in Chief (President Obama) didn't ask, and they didn't tell. It's easy enough to grasp. You highlight the guy who happened to be the shooter, and it detracts from the awesome work done by the others to make it happen.

So if someone went rogue to finger the shooter, even if that shooter was himself, it's wrong and a betrayal of of his mates and of the elite unit's ethic, the unit that got him to that point.
 

staropeace

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Okay. I don't wanna talk outta my gluteus. I haven't looked at the articles. But if the actual shooter's identity is revealed, I have thoughts:

The mission to Abbottabad was an incredible military accomplishment. Not since the raid on Entebbe have we had a venture fire up the imagination and admiration of armed forces' capacity.

The ethic of that group is that it was an accomplishment for all. That ethic should be respected. Even their Commander in Chief (President Obama) didn't ask, and they didn't tell. It's easy enough to grasp. You highlight the guy who happened to be the shooter, and it detracts from the awesome work done by the others to make it happen.

So if someone went rogue to finger the shooter, even if that shooter was himself, it's wrong and a betrayal of of his mates and of the elite unit's ethic, the unit that got him to that point.
Yes, I see your point as well. I see all your points and they are well thought out, my friend.