Should we execute Osama, if we catch him?

While I have no problem with blowing up the building he's in if we find him, if we do catch him alive, I don't think we should execute him.

Why?

1. We'd make him a martyr
2. I'm 100% against the death penalty

My only concern is would keeping him alive cause violence?

I'd agree completely--unfortunately, that's highly unlikely. If he ever showed signs of wanting to go down without a fight, one of his more fanatical underlings would probably kill him themselves, and then instead of Al Qaeda, we'd have a bunch of ex-AQ factions fighting over the middle east. On the bright side, it'd be harder for people to claim that it's a CIA front if it spends most of its time killing each other...

Osama Bin Laden will never be caught, one, because he is likely dead and has been for a while, two, because victory could be claimed in a war designed to not have an end.

The War on Terror(tm) is a War of Terror, against the average person.

Originally posted by Zepherian
Osama Bin Laden will never be caught, one, because he is likely dead and has been for a while, two, because victory could be claimed in a war designed to not have an end.

The War on Terror(tm) is a War of Terror, against the average person.

You got it. The whole Bin Laden/al CIAduh bogeyman scare is a scam. Just like 1984's perpetual enemy of the state, Emmanuel Goldstein. Can't have eternal war if you don't have an enemy.

Osama bin Laden: A dead nemesis perpetuated by the US government

Osama bin Laden is dead. The news first came from sources in Afghanistan and Pakistan almost six months ago: the fugitive died in December [2001] and was buried in the mountains of southeast Afghanistan. Pakistan's president, Pervez Musharraf, echoed the information. The remnants of Osama's gang, however, have mostly stayed silent, either to keep Osama's ghost alive or because they have no means of communication.

With an ego the size of Mount Everest, Osama bin Laden would not have, could not have, remained silent for so long if he were still alive. He always liked to take credit even for things he had nothing to do with. Would he remain silent for nine months and not trumpet his own survival? [New York Times. July 11, 2002]

Bin Laden has often been reported to be in poor health. Some accounts claim that he is suffering from Hepatitis C, and can expect to live for only two more years. According to Le Figaro, last year [2000] he ordered a mobile dialysis machine to be delivered to his base at Kandahar in Afghanistan. [Guardian]

Pakistan's Musharraf: Bin Laden probably dead

Pakistan's president says he thinks Osama bin Laden is most likely dead because the suspected terrorist has been unable to get treatment for his kidney disease.

[A Bush administration official] said U.S. intelligence is that bin Laden needs dialysis every three days and "it is fairly obvious that that could be an issue when you are running from place to place, and facing the idea of needing to generate electricity in a mountain hideout." [CNN]

Karzai: bin Laden 'probably' dead

Osama bin Laden is "probably" dead, but former Taliban leader Mullah Omar is alive, Afghan President Hamid Karzai has said. [CNN]

FBI: Bin Laden 'probably' dead

The US Federal Bureau of Investigation's counter-terrorism chief, Dale Watson, says he thinks Osama bin Laden is "probably" dead. [BBC]

Magazine runs what it calls bin Laden's will

The editor-in-chief of a London-based Arab news magazine said a purported will it published Saturday was written late last year [2001] by Osama bin Laden, and shows "he's dying or he's going to die soon." [CNN]

Usama bin Laden has died a peaceful death due to an untreated lung complication, the Pakistan Observer reported, citing a Taliban leader who allegedly attended the funeral of the Al Qaeda leader. "The Coalition troops are engaged in a mad search operation but they would never be able to fulfill their cherished goal of getting Usama alive or dead," the source said. [FOX News]

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