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Another comment points out that it's crazy to call Bin Laden "elderly." (I am older than that, and I am not elderly.) But by all accounts he was a key figure, o
by tokenadult 11y ago
Another comment points out that it's crazy to call Bin Laden "elderly." (I am older than that, and I am not elderly.) But by all accounts he was a key figure, once a leader, of an international terrorist network. Even if he did not have operational control of Al Qaeda at the moment he was killed, he was a legitimate target for a military attack.
- gkoberger 11y agoWhoa, I didn't realize he was only 54 when he died. There's nothing about 54 that's elderly; I used that word because the article did, and I guess I assumed he was much older.
- vacri 11y agoEven so, being 'elderly' is irrelevant when the issue is holding enough political influence to do significant damage to others.