Originally Posted by Rochard

They released as much information as they had at the time. And again, the Seals were sitting on an aircraft carrier at sea half a globe away. If they sat on the information, they would have been blasted for "concealing" information.



Your thinking that someone lied, and that they lied intentionally. As the original details came it they didn't have all of the information, and went with that they have. They called it a "fierce firefight". I'll say it again - the most elite team in the world flew into a foreign country and started a fire fight in the middle of the night where shots were fired, a helicopter was destroyed, a fortified compound with armed men was attacked, and half a dozen people killed - plus they had children involved. Sounds pretty fucking fierce to me.

As for the fact that he was unarmed, don't care. This isn't your local police with a warrant. They shot first and ask questions later. This isn't even open to discussion. Ever.



Only one person was armed with a gun, but that's not to say there wasn't other guns in the room where Bin Laden was killed. And again, it's not open to discussion. Their objective wasn't to subdue people; Their objective was to force their way into a compound and kill anyone and everyone who got in their way. They didn't knock and say "we have a warrant" and there was none of this "freeze, put your hands up" and "lay down on the ground". Some above said it already - they throw grenades into a room to kill anyone in there before entering.

It's not even something that is open to discussion.