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archer2371 · 10-30-2004, 12:05 PM

Your statement actually has more weight than you think D Rice. During World War II, we had operations that resulted in the capture of the Enigma encoding machines used by the Nazis and this was not known until after the war, so as to protect all that sensitive information and the troops who were assigned to get that information. From an operational security and intelligence gathering aspect, knowing what Osama is doing and knowing who he is talking to is something better than capturing or killing him. Killing him would only serve to make him a martyr, and he's a valuable source of information of us, why compromise those two points. If we have the chance to capture him without him killing himself, I think that we would take the opportunity, but only if we were absolutely sure that he's not wired to a suitcase bomb.

10-30-2004, 12:05 PM	#33 (permalink)
archer2371 Sarge of Blood Gulch Red Outpost Number One Location: On the front lines against our very enemy	Your statement actually has more weight than you think D Rice. During World War II, we had operations that resulted in the capture of the Enigma encoding machines used by the Nazis and this was not known until after the war, so as to protect all that sensitive information and the troops who were assigned to get that information. From an operational security and intelligence gathering aspect, knowing what Osama is doing and knowing who he is talking to is something better than capturing or killing him. Killing him would only serve to make him a martyr, and he's a valuable source of information of us, why compromise those two points. If we have the chance to capture him without him killing himself, I think that we would take the opportunity, but only if we were absolutely sure that he's not wired to a suitcase bomb. __________________ "This ain't no Ice Cream Social!" "Hey Grif, Chupathingy...how bout that? I like it...got a ring to it." "I have no earthly idea what it is I just saw, or what this place is, or where in the hell O'Malley is! My only choice is to blame Grif for coming up with such a flawed plan. Stupid, stupid Grif." Last edited by archer2371; 10-30-2004 at 12:07 PM.. Reason: Addition