Warbler said:

this is not just about national security, it is about justice. Justice dictates that when you murder 3000 people, you must pay.

I don't know how you can say it not that important. the man was responsible for the modern day version of the Pearl Harbor attack.

why does Bin Laden get such a pass from so many?

the man is responsible for multiple terrorist attacks including 911 and we are just supposed sit here and take it and not go after him. That just doesn't seem right to me.

As someone else noted, bin Laden was the head of the responsible organization. After the bombing of Pearl Harbor, Emperor Hirohito wasn't a target, and continued to be Emperor until he died in 1989. And I don't think he should have been a target "for justice."

It has nothing to do with "giving a pass." Certainly not as Hirohito was "given a pass." In bin Laden's case, it's about whether he was a really important target from a military/security/strategic standpoint and had to be taken out. Yet I've already said, I'm glad he is no more. I'm similarly glad Saddam Hussein is no more. And as I also said, I think the argument that bin Laden is more a martyr through death is greatly overblown.

I know we're supposed to be unconditional cheerleaders with nary an intellectual argument to be found when it comes to the death of bin Laden. Sorry.

Mrebo said:

One the reasons 911 happened, was because of our weak response to the World Trade Center bombing in 1993, the Cole attack, and the embassy bombings. Call our response to 911 what you will, but it certainly wasn't weak.

While we might have been able to head off 9/11 or kept al Qaeda busy away from the US, 9/11 didn't happen because we didn't react more strongly.

I said it was one of the reasons.

I'm still not convinced.