Pangur
Donor
I cannot se Obama authorising shooting down Pakistani fighters. Pakistan is not at war with US and doing that would make Pakistan into a rather unpleasant enemy I should think.
However, you are right in saying that if the Pakistani air defence had picked up on the helicopters early i process, then what?
Shooting down the helo with OBL onboard would not be great in any way.
Ivan
You add a good twist to this scenario - The Pakistan AF don't know which chopper he is on and if he is dead or alive. Do they shoot or not?
On another note; the facts are that they did not intercept the choppers which implies to me that they opted for a 'lets get this mess out of way fast' I find it hard to believe that they were not able to track and intercept if they choose to