Killing Bin Laden, a good political decision or a huge mistake?

This is the final draft of the For/Against essay you all wrote in collaboration in class. It looks really good, so congratulations to al of you!

Last Monday, US President Obama ordered the special US army forces to enter Pakistan without permission to find and kill Bin Laden . This news have had a wide repercussion around the world. People discuss whether this event is true or if it is a good way to stop terrorism .


Killing Bin Laden will have many positive effects. The main advantage is that the world will be safer without Bin Laden because he was the leader of one of the worst terrorist groups, Al Qaeda. Another advantage is that the families of the victims will feel that justice has been done. Finally, this is a very big triumph for the US because they have become the saviours of the world.


On the other hand, killing Bin Laden has some disadvantages. The main disadvange is that some muslims can feel offended, specially the terrorist group Al Qaeda, who may take revenge. Another disadvantage is that the relationship between the USA and Pakistan will be worse, because the USA thinks that Pakistan helped to hide Bin Laden. Finally, some people think that it's not fair to have killed Bin Laden without a trial, because everybody has a right to it.


To sum up, killing Bin Laden was a correct decision because afer his death, the world will be safer than before. However, there will probably be more problems among Al Qaeda's members in order to find their new leader.

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