Reply #5: Dunno. My thoughts... [View All]

[Ready4Change]

It would be a mistake to kill bin Laden, as the Martyr he would become would be lasting. (Shades of Che.) Instead, to defeat him, it would be better to capture and try him, as with Saddam. (More on Saddam below.)

Another thought is that bin Laden has been allowed to live to serve this administrations need for a living, HUNTABLE, foe. You can't use bullets against a concept, like terrorism. But you can use them against a person. And you can convince people to hate a person easier than a concept as well.

A more radical thought is that bin Laden lives because he and this adminstration are actually in cohoots. Personally, I don't buy this, at least not on a formal level. I think they both are profiting from this "war." The Bush administration has increased it's hold on power here in the US (with some recent setbacks.) And I imagine Al Queda's enlistments have never been higher. I don't think they need conference calls for that to happen, though.

Saddams trial needs to close up soon, least he become a martyr while still in captivity, such as Nelson Mandela became.