Mike,

Too busy to read through all your great material at the moment, but I am having a hard time stomaching the so called moral/ethical debate on killing a mass murderer. This guy told the world he would never be captured alive (expectation he'll resist in any possible), and there were rumors he would always wear a suicide vest (doubt he actually had the conviction to do that), so any reasonable operator should assume that his hands are not up in the air and clearly exposing his palms he may be trying detonate a suicide vest or reach for a weapon based on his own rhetoric.

Then you have the greater good argument (maybe not a viable legal argument, but clearly one based on common sense), which is if he was captured we could reasonably expect his followers to try to take numerous hostages and demand his release.

The UN is pushing garbage as usual and after being a lukewarm supporter for years, maybe it is time we greatly reduce our funding to the UN. They don't stand up against real evil in the world, but will attempt to generate legal action and other punishment (indirectly) against the U.S. because we put up with their crap, while our enemies tell them where to get off. We're making ourselves a soft target for the UN, and it is time we toughen our stance.

Any clown that wants to come to the rescue of UBL under the guise of rule of law doesn't need to be a position where he has a credible voice in influencing American policy. As soon as we find the leads to his associates I hope the helicopters and SOF roll to kill them off also. We don't need lawyers at this point, we need leadership that recognizes we're at war and takes the appropriate action. We would have lost WWII if we followed the rules we're supposed to follow now.