>>>>But why do all that ?? Since they knew where he was, why they did not simply arrested him more quietly and alive ?
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>>>>Because the man was the mastermind behind the plot that killed thousands of innocent American citizens.
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>>>>I just won a bet with myself - that you'd be the one saying something like this. People rarely change.
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>>>Conversely, you did not surprise me at all by writing this. Will not comment on this any further.
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>>>>The U.S. served notice to the world today - kill our innocent citizens and we will hunt you down like an animal, no matter how long ago it was. Remember that in 1983, we had a very good idea of who killed our boys at the Marine barracks in Beirut - and Ronald Reagan did NOTHING, for fear of retribution.
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>>>What about if they have sent 200-300 commandoes in civilian clothes who stormed the building during the night
>>>and capturing more or less everybody there alive. Then take them into military custody, interrogate, convict etc.
>>>World would receive much much better message.
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>>Message?? 300 commandos in Pakistan in civilian clothes??
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>>You really are out of your depth on this. I kind of think the people with the skill to pull off what is probably one of the greatest operations of this type in history understand a little more about what the options and realities of the situation were.
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>You want to tell me that CIA cannot put together unit of operatives who look pretty much like Pakistanis, dress them in civilian clothes
>transport them to the town some days ahead of operation, and then do all this much more efficiently ? Why is this so far fetched ??
>CIA is not Mosad, but why do you underestimate them that much {g}

No, I don't think CIA could do that with 30 commandos, much less 300 in Pakistan, nor could anyone else. It would have been stupid to even try.