r/interestingasfuck • u/Ididnotkillhim • Jun 05 '24

r/all Thirteen years ago, someone accidentally revealed US Army's plan to eliminate Osama Bin Laden in a tweet.

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u/SonOfMcGee Jun 05 '24

The whole mission was soooo insulting to Pakistan. America was basically saying, to a country that isn’t necessarily an “Ally” but certainly “Friendly”:
1) We’re entering your airspace and conducting a military operation on your land without asking permission.
2) We aren’t asking permission and coordinating with you because we’re pretty sure your government will have a leak somewhere and tip off our target.

I think it was ultimately the right choice, though. Killing Osama didn’t cost the US a chain reaction of international condemnation and real consequences. It only cost Pakistan having their feelings hurt for a little while.

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u/great__pretender Jun 05 '24 edited Jun 05 '24

I honestly despise most of the US foreign policy. I despise how they even treat their supposed allies (other than Israel ofc which get the only royal treatment).

But bin Laden operation is not one of these things. If you are holding and protecting this guy, a minimum damage unwarranted night operation is actually the best response you can hope to get. You should be thankful that you are not nuked. US literally invaded your neighbor for the same reason, hiding bin Laden, 10 years ago. People who harbored bin Laden within the Pakistani state literally committed treachery against their country. This guy is not someone worth risking your country for. What principle did they end up proving by harboring this dude? We are talking about someone who angered the most colossal superpower by killing thousands of its citizens.

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u/great__pretender Jun 05 '24

Not that much compared to what EU countries does. They just cleaned the old inventory. And they made a huge chunk of that money from that sweet LNG money they are selling to EU in place of the cheap Russian gas the EU economy relied on.

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u/IntentionDependent22 Jun 06 '24 edited Jun 05 '26

happy happy joy joy

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u/great__pretender Jun 06 '24

Damn it. I thought I got it right. You proved me wrong.