[airborne]

Capturing or killing would be a benifit to all of mankind, just as it would be with any homicidal madman. This reporter is nothing but a manure salesman with a mouthful of samples.

[Prodigal Son]

I think he's spot on with his assessment here:

This said, Mr. bin Laden's capture or death could indeed have a major beneficial impact on the war on terror — by helping to re-elect President Bush against his presumptive Democratic opponent. Who wins the forthcoming presidential election will deeply affect the future conduct of the global war on terror. To adopt Fred Barnes's formulation in the Weekly Standard, "George W. Bush is a September 12 person. John Kerry is a September 10 person." Just as Saddam Hussein's capture in December helped to end Howard Dean's candidacy for president, so Mr. bin Laden's capture might harm Senator Kerry's.

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That's not manure at all.

[optimistically_conservative]

Capturing or killing would be a benifit to all of mankind, just as it would be with any homicidal madman.

I think history tells us that when you have an autocratic regime like Saddam's, where decisions are made at the top and independent action is suicidal, it makes sense to emphasize the leadership as a center of gravity.

When you are dealing with cell based, ideologically driven, loosely knit organizations it does not.

I think dismantling the ideological and logistic infrastructure becomes much more important. Getting leaders without it may make martyrs out of them. Although this is a cynical thing to say, the attacks focusing on Muslims is probably hurting the Islamic radicals ideologically and transformational in the area.

[freedom1st]

The Kerry supporting main stream media is doing a preemptive strike in advance of OBL's capture to try and deflect Bush's bump in the polls.

[Don'tMessWithTexas]

In one sense the hunt for OBL has everything to do with fighting the war on terror. In another sense, it's all about justice. As our Commander in Chief declared: we will bring our enemises to justice or we will bring justice to them.

[moonman]

'This reporter is nothing but a manure salesman with a mouthful of samples.'

Great line! ^5's