Killing Osama bin Laden: May Merkel congratulate you?
He was the most wanted man in the world, incited countless Muslims to armed struggle, and thousands of people fell victim to his al-Qaeda terror network. Osama bin Laden was not a good person. But criminals also have human rights, they have the right to a fair trial and must not be targeted. So, has the United States violated international law with its military action? Not only does former Chancellor Helmut Schmidt see it that way. After the announcement of the execution of bin Laden, the critical voices multiply. Especially now that it became known that Osama bin Laden was unarmed.
Angela Merkel must also be criticized for her reaction to the act, also from your own party. She was visibly pleased with the cameras the day after the killing, expressed her "respect" to US President Obama and said, "I am pleased that we succeeded in killing Bin Laden." This sentence aroused many people. May one be publicly pleased and congratulated on the killing of a person? Even more as Chancellor of a democratic constitutional state? Merkel's CDU colleague Siegfried Kauder would not have put it that way. "These are revenge thoughts, which one should not cherish, that is Middle Ages", criticized the chairman of the Bundestag-Rechtsausschusses its boss in an interview.
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