Bin Laden dead? What?

Makes you wonder why they didnt want him alive. Perhaps they didn't want the hassle of going through a trial?

I have a few likely scenarios:

If Al Qaeda was aware that we had Osama Bin Laden, the chances of them acting more and more radical to get him back would increase. They could do mass public beheadings of Allied troops, or abduct innocent American citizens abroad to put pressure on the Americans to release Osama. That would put America in a massive bind - a lose-lose situation. Keeping Osama in any way, shape, or form would be a massive security risk to American forces already stationed in Pakistan.

Do you honestly think a person who gave up a life of business and economics to bring the world to its knees on Sharia law would say anything worthwhile to American intelligence especially when his main method of terrorism was blowing oneself up with bombs? Also consider that his life's pursuit was to destroy the West. I sincerely doubt he'd say a damn thing.

Not to mention that America wishes to "restore order" (define that how you wish) in the region, and no matter how the inevitable trial would go no one would think it was a fair trial. This is not a good way to unite a region to accept democracy (or any kind of government for that matter) as the unfair trial would divide and not unite them. Also, the chance of Osama coming out of that trial with anything less than a death sentence is absurd. Might as well kill him now and be done with it than have to deal with the pomp and circumstance.

Osama is worth more to America dead than alive. It's too much risk to keep him alive and really not worth what we could ever hope to receive from him.