What happens if Bush offers a $1 billion dollar reward for the capture of Bin Laden?

King Thomas

Banned
Tax free. Along with forgiveness for any previous crimes committed, US citizenship,and, if the person wants it, a place in the Federal Witness Protection Programme. Yes, it would be expensive, but no more expensive then making war on Afganistan, and it would only be paid if Bin Laden was indeed captured.
 
it would be better if he was killed... captured creates too many political and public relations problems... where the hell would you put the guy and how do you put him trial. the money would best be paid for a corpse
 
What if they committed a war crime to kill him? I could see some Russian terrorist group attempting to steal some nukes to wipe Afghanistan off the map knowing the US will have to excuse them.They'll fail of course but the loophole will be shown by the media as soon as the attempt happens.
 
I'm gonna doubt the media will advocate nuclear genocide and terrorism. Then again, there's Rush Limbuagh.:D

That was a joke, a joke.
 

wormyguy

Banned
There was a $25 million bounty for information leading to his capture (doubled to $50 million in 2007). No dice.
 
The biggest problem with the issue with mercenaries is that most are just "gun-nuts" who think too highly of themselves. Consider that if you look at any issue of Soldier of Fortune magazine, most of the mercenaries, although claiming experience in Iraq and/or Bosnia, are actually a background check from being implicated in "domestic terrorism" (e.g. abortion clinic bombings, doctor shootings, et al.)

Second, for large mercenary outfits (e.g. Halliburton, Blackwater, et.al.), the problem is that they are in the pocket of certain officials (e.g. Vice-President Dick Cheney), and it would send the message that America is fighting a "dirty war". This would certainly alienate most of our allies (e.g. Great Britain, France, Israel, et al.). This would also certainly endanger the lives of any private corporation or tourists in the region. Just remember all the complaints starting in 2003 about how American troops had to protect "security forces" and mercenaries from attack by local natives..

Third, another problem with the bounty, is that those people who would be close enough to Osama bin Laden to report him in Afghanistan and Pakistan, are drug lords, who control the heroin trade. Imagine the PR/political disaster of the Washington Post and New York Times saying that the United States paid $1 billion to a drug lord who control the heroin trade in Afghanistan...
 
Already got some bounty hunters looking for him. Be a lot simplier if he was brought in dead instead of alive. You capture him alive, and his followers are going to take hostages all over the world, and that would just cause a mess.
 

wormyguy

Banned
Already got some bounty hunters looking for him. Be a lot simplier if he was brought in dead instead of alive. You capture him alive, and his followers are going to take hostages all over the world, and that would just cause a mess.
But then his followers would say he's a martyr, and it's still a mess.
 
But then his followers would say he's a martyr, and it's still a mess.
So the easiest thing to do is when found shoot him in the head bury him deep and piss on his grave.
He goes strangely quiet, and people will imagine he's a boogy man, but eventually people will stop thinking he is going to return. Eventually he loses a bit of his lustre, and we don't have to worry about martyrdom, or were and how to hold him.
 
So the easiest thing to do is when found shoot him in the head bury him deep and piss on his grave.
He goes strangely quiet, and people will imagine he's a boogy man, but eventually people will stop thinking he is going to return. Eventually he loses a bit of his lustre, and we don't have to worry about martyrdom, or were and how to hold him.
If I had to bet, I'd say that's what's already happened.
 
I thought so for a while. But those videos keep coming out. Its probably a 50/50 chance its the real guy, or a very good double.
 
Tax free. Along with forgiveness for any previous crimes committed, US citizenship,and, if the person wants it, a place in the Federal Witness Protection Programme. Yes, it would be expensive, but no more expensive then making war on Afganistan, and it would only be paid if Bin Laden was indeed captured.

They already raised the bounty from 25 to 50 million. Obviously money doesn't mean a thing to those who protect him. (Assuming he's still alive.)
 
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