Originally Posted by
Boredpayne
It's pretty offensive to say that celebrating the death of a renowned terrorist is being an asshole. It implies that killing him in an armed conflict, where he was firing at U.S. troops, is somehow morally wrong. It's not, he deserved to die for what he did.
The fact of the matter is, the US went in to the middle east with intent to murder people. If they wanted justice, they would have taken Bin Laden and had a court case. Instead they stormed a man's house, and shot him in his bedroom. You think they had any reason to slaughter him on the spot? Do you think a squad of seals could have over powered Bin Laden? I think they easily could have.
The US was not after justice, they were after murder.
Besides that, the US designated the 'terrorists' as illegal combatants, and thus the US employed torture, and targeted civilian targets with this justification. Hence, both sides employed ILLEGAL tactics. The US however slaughtered far more civilians.
Maybe Bin Laden deserved to die for what he did, but since he was never arrested, and tried by a court, nor sentenced to any punishment, we will never truly know. No justice was served.
It is morally wrong for
anyone to think that the US is in the right in this matter.