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Originally posted by dd74
No, killing Bin Laden will not end terrorism. Terrorism is an ideology
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Terrorism is a tactic.
That's why it's been used by people at every point on the political compass.
Not killing people who kill 3,000 American citizens sends a message to every potential terrorist that they have a fair chance of getting away with it and that our collective will is less than theirs.
Republicans, it seems, have been against killing bin Laden from the beginning -- mocking Clinton's attempts to kill him, fighting Clinton's anti-terrorism bill, and ignoring the Cole attack and warnings of his intent to attack on US soil. Even after 9/11 bin Laden's escape from Tora Bora was so unhindered as to have looked
sanctioned.
If there is any point in having a death penalty, isn't killing 3,000 Americans pretty good justification?