Killing morally justified

The question of the legality of the killing of Osama bin Laden is not easy to answer, writes the daily De Morgen, but the paper can very well understand why the US acted as it did: "Imagine if the Navy Seals had handed Osama bin Laden over to the International Criminal Court in The Hague without a fight. That would probably have meant Obama's political suicide, for no US citizen would accept that others judge their arch-enemy, and even a trial in the US would no doubt have turned into the most difficult and strenuous battle ever fought in court. ... Perhaps this is justice according to a moral and political logic, but not a legal one - unless we accept that the law applies for everyone except your own worst enemy?"

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