network for assistance and financing (largely torn apart by Bush's excellent diplomacy). Exactly. So with AQ so "torn apart"(as you say), and OBL so isolated from everything (as you say), what makes you think he's liable to be a fountain of information? I mean, if I had to guess (and I AM guessing), I would conclude that OBL himself probably didn't hold a lot of actionable intelligence in his head. The computers and phones were where the good stuff is at. So the "downside" of killing him (rather than capturing) outweighed the upside. The "upside" of killing him was mainly to avoid embarrassing Obama with the fact that Obama has abandoned all of the lofty principles that his supporters told us made him the "urgent moral change" and to avoid making Obama actually make real "gutsy" decisions. Because trying to figure out where to try OBL would really put a crimp in Obama's tee times. The assertion that a UBL kill by GWB would have been treated as a war crime by the media and the Democrats (birm) is self-evidently true. Is it any wonder nobody in the media (except on FOX) even bothers to ask the question? Another ironic (and humorous) comparison: GWB was assailed for allegedly holding a plastic turkey, while Obama is praised for BEING a plastic turkey! Kman, any adult knows that there were several reasons for that statement by George W. Bush. But you don't. Because, Kman, you typify the non-adult behavior of Democrats today.