Reply #39: Yes. Putting him on trial, if it had been possible to [View All]

capture him alive, would have given the world, particularly the Islamic world, a window into his evil soul and organization. Whatever popularity that he now holds with his death would dissipate. Now that he has martyr status there will be those who will attack us because of it. Also, we might have found out more about his ties to the BFEE and the Saudis complicity in the schemes of the Bush administration. That opportunity is gone forever. It was the same with Hitler. The allies wanted Hitler alive to put him on trial for his crimes for all the world to see at Nuremberg. Hitler knew that and killed himself as did some of his top henchmen. I'm sure Osama bin Laden had similar thoughts and probably couldn't have been taken alive.