Did we “murder” OBL?
No, and had Ghaddafi been killed in the apparent air strike that would not have been murder either. But had both Bin-Laden been taken alive as was Ghaddafi, then summarily shot by one of his captors while in custody, I'd say both were given treatment beyond what we in the west should consider proper. I have no trouble with killing in a military operation; Nor do I have a problem with putting them on trial, finding them guilty, then executing them. But taking someone prisoner, then killing them out-of-hand when captive is not something I condone. Once in custody, I feel we should be more humane than giving our forces a green light to outright murder. Do we really want lower ourselves to the level of these pigs in our thoughts and actions? I would hope the Geneva conventions still mean something here in the western world...