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Epidemic · January 19th, 2006, 10:23 AM

What is too much force when taking out a terrorist when are the risks too high.

A team comes upon Osama Bin Laden in a house full or innocents does you wait for a day when his guard is down and arrest him when no one is at risk, or does your sniper risk an errant bullet hitting a kid or do you drop a 2000 lb bomb and not risk your men?

If you said it is anything more aggressive than wait for the no risk day how many innocents is too many to risk. What is an acceptable number of people to risk killing to get him?

Can you use a 100 megaton hydrogen bomb when you know he is in the city somewhere, or can you merely risk a few 10's of people?

Is there a calculation that one can use?

(Past victims of his actions + Risk of losing him + Expected future victims of his crimes) /(Projected military casualties and innocent in frontal assault)

(Past victims of his actions + Risk of losing him + Expected future victims of his crimes) /(Projected Police and innocent casualties in an arrest scenario)

(Past victims of his actions + Risk of losing him + Expected future victims of his crimes) /(Projected military and innocent casualties in an modern air raid)

What is the calculation you use to analyze the right and wrong of action against a murdering terrorist?

January 19th, 2006, 10:23 AM	#1 (permalink)
Epidemic MR Meek and Mild Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: almost Virginia Posts: 5,115 Blog Entries: 2	how much force is too much. "to bomb or not to bomb that is the question" What is too much force when taking out a terrorist when are the risks too high. A team comes upon Osama Bin Laden in a house full or innocents does you wait for a day when his guard is down and arrest him when no one is at risk, or does your sniper risk an errant bullet hitting a kid or do you drop a 2000 lb bomb and not risk your men? If you said it is anything more aggressive than wait for the no risk day how many innocents is too many to risk. What is an acceptable number of people to risk killing to get him? Can you use a 100 megaton hydrogen bomb when you know he is in the city somewhere, or can you merely risk a few 10's of people? Is there a calculation that one can use? (Past victims of his actions + Risk of losing him + Expected future victims of his crimes) /(Projected military casualties and innocent in frontal assault) (Past victims of his actions + Risk of losing him + Expected future victims of his crimes) /(Projected Police and innocent casualties in an arrest scenario) (Past victims of his actions + Risk of losing him + Expected future victims of his crimes) /(Projected military and innocent casualties in an modern air raid) What is the calculation you use to analyze the right and wrong of action against a murdering terrorist?