So do I. But on the other hand there is nothing bin Nazi would hate more than sitting in a prison in the middle of Great Satan Land for the rest of his miserable life. He would much rather be dead. It's tempting...
Indeed, it is. However, imagine bin Laden locked in some federal jail and his followers taking American hostages. They threaten to kill them all unless he is released. What would we do? Release him? Send in Delta? Either way, I'd rather not see this scenario come to fruition. Torture him to gather any and all intelligence, then kill him. The problem is, I don't think that we would torture him. And I doubt that he'd give up any intel willingly.