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Originally Posted by Flinx
Yes it would have been more humane but then the human race is not really humane as a group but individuals can be. But I can think of one reason not to kill him out right, why make him a martyr? As a martyr his fellow believers think he is in their version of heaven, in jail they think he's being punished for years and might lose his beliefs. In jail he serves a purpose, dead he's focal point for his cause.
We didn't "gain" anything really but we also didn't give them a martyr to the cause. Propaganda is a wonderful thing, when it's on your side.
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Wow, you place a lot of faith in the old global jihadist movement... and you also assume they need more excuses to do what they do. They make up excuses... they've perverted a religion and culture to wage an endless war. One dead dumbass is hard gonna show up on the Martyr radar.