[carapace]

> Would those angry Googlers be against surgically killing Osama?

Probably.

I can't find the quote, but I was reading something about the troubles with the IRA, and the response, that really stuck with me. The author said something like, "When you use lethal force against terrorists it lets them feel that it's fair to use it against you."

We won't defeat violence by violence.

I think we need to challenge ourselves to become less bloodthirsty as we become more technologically capable. (If only to set a good example for our progeny... https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/I_Have_No_Mouth,_and_I_Must_Sc...)

Once you make the mental flip it becomes really easy to think up defense systems that work without causing any casualties or deaths at all, not our guys, nor civilians, nor the enemy. And if we just can't live with that, we can always kill them later: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saddam_Hussein#Execution

[refurb]

We won't defeat violence by violence.

I can think of a few examples that prove that statement false. WW2?

[carapace]

Reminds me of the great battle at Kurukshetra. Arjuna fought because he was a warrior, he won because he chose God.