OK, so we’ve caught Osama bin Laden. We can’t just kill him outright, because that would make him a martyr. We can’t put him on trial and then execute him, because that makes him a martyr and puts the lives of the judge and jury at risk from his followers. And we can’t keep him in prison indefinitely because there’s a good chance his buddies will try to spring him.
So … suppose we sent him to Casablanca for a little operation, and then put her on the next plane back to Afghanistan as Osametta? Not only would it destroy her credibility as a leader far more effectively than any conventional punishment, the conditions there are probably worse than in any American prison. Heh.
(Yeah, I know, there are probably legal and medical reasons why we can’t do it, but it’s still a lot of fun to fantasize about …)
