Just because Bin Liner was unarmed at the precise moment he was shot does not mean he was murdered. The reports clearly state that there WERE AK47s in his bedroom and that he had given no indication that he was surrendering... how many of us have AK47s lying about in our bedroom with our children in there as well?
Bottom line is that Osama Bin Liner was a self-declared enemy of the USA and as such was a willing combatant in a war. No doubt he would have had no hesitation to kill the Navy Seals if he had managed to get to his AK47 in time.
And with regard to the whole notion of "murdering" an "innocent" man, tell that to the thousands of innocent people who have been murdered without warning as a result of the actions and directions of that man. I am sure they they will be less sympathetic.
Aren't we supposed to be on the higher moral ground, a product of our fairer and more tolerant culture?
Isn't the 'eye for an eye' mentality one of the supposed failings of the Muslim faith, compared to our belief in Natural Justice?
If we lower ourselves to the same level, then what are we fighting for?
What are the last couple of centuries of western civilisation amounted to?
I understand that there's a lot of possible scenarios in the "shooting an unarmed man" story, and I'm prepared to give the Americans the benefit of the doubt - but FFS, why do they have to feed the conspiracy theorists so much prime grade material?