That is the most ridiculous thing I've ever heard. Anyone that would risk there life, to get Osama and his army of protectors, for reward only, will also abandon his mission if offered more money by the object of his search. (Osama is a very wealthy man)
You really think private citizens going out to seek and destroy, or plunder, Afghani ships, properties, and other holding, but not necessarily the doers of the deeds themselves, is a just way of settling the score, not to mention the fact that most of the perpetrators of the original attack would be left to continue the terrorist attacks that started the whole thing to begin with? Also, wouldn't that just make them see the killing of civilians as an even more justifiable means of attacking their enemy?
Of course, but the United States is far, far wealthier than Bin Laden. That $5 million offer was totally ridiculous. I see now they have upped it to $100 million which is the bare minimum for such an undertaking. We are spending, what?, a billion a day on this operation. Letters of marque and reprisal are cheap at half the price.
You really think private citizens going out to seek and destroy, or plunder, Afghani ships, properties, and other holding, but not necessarily the doers of the deeds themselves, is a just way of settling the score, not to mention the fact that most of the perpetrators of the original attack would be left to continue the terrorist attacks that started the whole thing to begin with? Also, wouldn't that just make them see the killing of civilians as an even more justifiable means of attacking their enemy?
Afghani ships? They are landlocked and don't have any. We have no legitimate quarrel with Afghans. Remember we are supposedly only interested in Bin Laden's person and possibly the destruction of the al Qaeda bases on their soil. (Al Qaeda bases on Bosnian and Albanian soil are just fine.) The perps of the initial attack might be completely dead. If so, we have absolutely no justification for killing anyone.