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Originally posted by Strange Famous
But the way to make Usama as ineffective as possible isnt to kill him, killing him makes him a matyr. The way to make him ineffective is to remove the poverty and misery that turns people to his message of intolerance and hatrid.
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I believe this is
part of the answer, but not the whole answer, because it assumes that all people will be rational when their basic needs are met (food, shelter, security, etc.)
This is demostratably not true.
For example, Bin Laden is not conducting his Jihad because of the Palestinians (if he was, he was be contributing monetarily to helping them by building schools, hospitals, etc.) or because he or his family have nothing to lose (he is a millionaire), but because he sees himself as another Saladan driving out the "Infidel" from Islamic lands and holy places. (That includes driving the Jews out of Israel, btw.)
In other words, he is driven not by reason, but by religious zealotry and ego.
So talking is not an option because there is no compromise and you can never meet all his demands, and if you don't, he'll continue to try to kill you.
Your only choices with this type of madman are complete surrender or fighting back.
And since I have no desire to become a follower of Mohammed, I chose fight back.
So reasoning with Bin Laden