[Clinton's a rapist]

I'm inclined to agree. It seems more important to me to make an example of the Taliban by bombing them to bits.

[Irene Adler]

I agree. We probably need to go in to Afghanistan and take out the Taliban or we will just be in for lots more trouble, later. If they give us Bin Laden, what excuse do we have to do that? We're just stuck with Bin Laden and having to try him or something, and how can we enter Afghanistan to eliminate the Taliban if they have just done what we asked? Our "allies" would go nuts if we went in, anyway. I am sure there are contingency plans being made to deal with this possibility, but it looks pretty dicey to me.

[ourhouse]

Perhaps a Pakistani Jack Ruby ?

[sinkspur]

It would be a disaster for the U.S. if he surrenders.

I don't think so. If Iran and Pakistan assist, they'll stick pretty close to us from now on; they'll need our protection from the radicals in their own countries.

OTOH, lots of drug lords still manage to run their operations from prison, so letting this snake live could be dangerous.

[hole_n_one]

It would be a disaster for the U.S. if he surrenders

It's become obvious to me in recent days that I'm going to have to change my attire when I'm logged on at FR......

[jerryrivers]

Not really a problem. We would try him and convict him. Before we fried him, we would indicate to the world that he had told us that his sponsor state was Iraq. This would be the cover to go after Sadaam once and for all. After taking out Sadaam, we could then say that the Iraqi people want to be the 51st state in our union. This would give us the oil that we need and the staging area that we need to go after Syria,Iran, Libya and any other terrorist states.

[dighton]

Any thoughts?

Shot while trying to escape, fell down a (very long) flight of stairs, etc.

[jerod]

Arrange a time and place for the transfer, and once they arrive there - WE BOMB THE HELL OUT 'EM.

[Illbay]

I've said it several times on other threads: We are making a mistake focusing on bin Laden. He is but one man in a HUGE web of international terrorist intrigue.

Did we declare "game over" when those two P-38s assassinated Adm. Yamamoto in 1942?

[F.J. Mitchell]

If Garbage Bin Laden turns himself in, we should take a lesson learned from certain indian tribes in our country and turn him over to the widows, widowers and children of his victims, as said tribe turned such trash over to the squaws. His fate would be completely up to them, and the laws of the land against such would be suspended as long as necessary.

[Celebratelife008]

Yes, I think we should give him a thorough transfusion...with the blood of a pious Christian.....

[surfer]

They have offered this up in the past...we won't accept...there conditions require the trial to be done in an Arab country.

[nagdt]

Smother him in pork poop til he spills his guts. No, seriously..WHATEVER happened to TRUTH SERUM? Remember? It was commonly used against spies etc.. in the 40's-60's... until we became overly concerned with PC BS!

[Alpenkatze]

Even though your opinions differ... I agree with all of you. I would just like to use this attack as a reason to get as many of these terrorists in as many countries as possible. Maybe about 1,000 stray cruise missiles could hit some nuclear programs and other military sites... ect... ect...

[OKSooner]

So far as Osama goes, someone here at FR had the following idea that I like: Send him to the very worst Federal Prison. Put him in the GAY cellblock. Put the word out that he's fair game for all, just DON'T KILL HIM. Put a webcam on him and broadcast every intimate moment to all of islam. Plus make him eat pork baloney.

Other than that, kill 'em all.

[ctdonath2]

A tragic mistake would befall him prior to reaching our borders. Some silly little accident like being dropped out of an airplane ("gee, who knew the toilet really does go straight out of the plane?"), or being shot in the head ("sorry, though he was a terrorist").

[jae471]

I doubt it will happen.

Christian Extremists Take Holy Leader bin Laden
(Afghani Times)

In an unexpected move, the Islamic council of Afghanistan
turned their backs to Allah and delivered the great Osama
bin Laden into the hands of the great white satan, the
United States. The Christian extremist pigs, acting of
behalf of the whore state of Israel and Jewish swine
everywhere, removed the great one at 1:30 am Thursday 
morning. The curse of Allah shall forever be upon the 
council, and may Allah destroy the forces of Satan, Israel
and the United States, and their enablers, the Islamic
council. The Taliban government is also responsible. The 
Jihad is no longer against the US, we must first remove the
swine from our own land.

[lunatic12]

Bin Laden would hire Johnnie Cochran

[Walkin Man]

I think bin-laden might accidentally fall out of a transport helicopter at 20000 ft or so. War zones are dangerous places, don't you know.

[RCW2001]

We can only assume and rest uneasy that any capture of bin laden, dead or alive, will unleash a reign of terror that we will have to deal with.

I can't imagine that he has not put in place procedures that automatically trigger upon his capture or death.

I would imagine he has a different set of actions for either event.

I don't know how we could prevent these 'automatic' worldwide responses...