Yes, an old man can resist even a Navy SEAL; all he has to do is reach for a firearm. How well can he do that? Even before the news, my answer would have been "not very well", and the report is that OBL proved my answer to be right.
There is nothing unlawful in that, except for the detail of our military invading a sovereign "allied" country. I don't think anyone wants to fuss about that. We should allow the Pakistani government to save face and pretend they didn't know OBL was hiding in the same neighborhood as half their senior officers, and they should allow us to save face and ignore the detail that we invaded them. At least in public, we forgive them for their error, and they forgive us for our rudeness.
Pakistan is already announcing internally that the copters staged from a PAKISTANI AFB....
“We should allow the Pakistani government to save face and pretend they didn’t know OBL was hiding in the same neighborhood as half their senior officers, and they should allow us to save face and ignore the detail that we invaded them. At least in public, we forgive them for their error, and they forgive us for our rudeness.”
OK by me. As long as we cut off their funding afterwards.