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To: Haiku Guy
Our government’s policy seems to be that if they want you dead bad enough, they can send soldiers into your bedroom and shoot you as you stand in your underwear. Duly noted.

In bin Laden's case, I wouldn't have cared if they brought along a turkey fryer, fired it up and dunked him headfirst into it.

You are picking the wrong fight here. Congress authorized lethal force against bin Laden long ago.

17 posted on 05/12/2011 10:54:21 AM PDT by dirtboy
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To: dirtboy

Oh, I understand wanting this guy dead. I understand authorizing lethal force. Obviously this was a hazardous situation.

But an authorization to use lethal force and an order to kill somebody are two different things. Even Panetta, when he was doing his best Dirty Harry impression talking about how this was a “Kill Mission” said that if bin Laden had been standing there helpless in his underwear, the SEALs would have captured him.

Now we find out he was standing there helpless in his underwear.


27 posted on 05/12/2011 11:00:59 AM PDT by Haiku Guy (If you can read this / (To paraphrase on old line) / Thank a TAXPAYER!.)
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