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Osama Bin-Laden, Michael Brown, James Foley—The Common Thread

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Obama watches as Osama bin-Laden is executed Obama and crew watch as Osama bin-Laden is executed

Greg Laxer

The common thread connecting these three recently deceased individuals stands out like a flashing neon sign for an objective observer: they were all executed without benefit of arrest, arraignment and trial. That is why I dare to link the supposed arch-fiend bin-Laden with a young black man in a St. Louis suburb and an American journalist kidnapped in an insane war zone.

As a US citizen, I am supposed to “know” that bin-Laden was a terribly evil man; implicit in this is the notion that I should have stood up, cheered and sung “God Bless America” upon learning of his assassination by SEAL Team 6. I did no such thing and will do no such thing in the future. For, you see, there was no attempt to prove his alleged guilt of masterminding the events of 9/11. I understand…

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