re: Your position on "justifiable deaths"?

In the grand scheme of life and the world, 300 is not a terrbily high number. To let that be the determining factor in whether or not to take OBL is weak, IMO. Our country has taken out way more innocent people via collateral damage. You weigh the options and make a judgement call. Harry Truman certainly understood the pros and cons. He did what was necessary at the time. Clinton did what he thought was right.


Does the article state how many of those 300 were part of OBL's following and willing to do his will? Were some commanders in Al Qaeda? That also makes that 300 seem even smaller because they may not be as innocent as the article may perceive.


ETA: I cant really blame Clinton for not giving the green light since they had too much conflicting information, or so the article states. They did not really feel comfortable that the strike would yield the death of OBL.