When you're at war you don't have to wait until the other side grabs his gun

[NJMaverick]

International law does not require soldiers to honor the other side's requests for time outs to they can reload or get more ammo or even to get their gun. You're at war you are allowed to shoot first. OBL declared war on America

Quote:The ruling to kill the Americans and their allies -- civilians and military -- is an individual duty for every Muslim who can do it in any country in which it is possible to do it, in order to liberate the al-Aqsa Mosque and the holy mosque [Mecca] from their grip, and in order for their armies to move out of all the lands of Islam, defeated and unable to threaten any Muslim. This is in accordance with the words of Almighty God, "and fight the pagans all together as they fight you all together," and "fight them until there is no more tumult or oppression, and there prevail justice and faith in God."

http://www.pbs.org/newshour/terrorism/in..._1998.html

[Cha]

Thank you! I knew what this was about when I saw the caption on the front page..who's whining about bin laden not being armed, mullah omar?

[RoyGBiv]

I'm sorta tuning out the bin Laden blather out in the world.

Are people (other than bin Laden sympathizers) actually trying to criticize the operation because bin Laden was unarmed?

My understanding, based on one of the stories I have read which of course could change any day now, is that the soldiers had orders to accept surrender if offered and to use deadly force if necessary. It was apparently not offered, and people were shooting at them. I'm not going to second-guess that for even a millisecond. This is clearly in keeping with the laws of war and even some law enforcement situations.

Is there a real complaint here, or just some attempt to make shit up?

[Ikonoklast]

OBL was an enemy combatant, and got every consideration as such.

Now he's dead.

End of story, all the rest of the bullshit is hand-wringing by those that hate this president, end of story.

They use anything to keep score of some sort of political points kept on an imaginary scoreboard in their pointy heads.