I suppose he could have been armed, but we may never know.
It just seems strange. When we found Saddam in a hole, he was armed but we managed to capture him and, in theory, at least attempt to secure information from him. Why not this time - especially information about nukes and tons of other stuff?
I’m thinking that this was a missed opportunity, plus more than passingly strange that we would kill him based on what appears to be an order to do so from Obama. From what we know now, there was an opportunity to capture him and if that’s true why not?
I hear what you are saying.Can you imagine what the Lefties would have been yelling if Bush gave that order. The World Court would have brought charges. All the usual suspects would be filing cases in every court in the Country.
However, we should remember that Bubba Clinton was offered OBL on a platter by the Sudanese, and he told them to let him go.
Dead men tell no stories.