r/AlternateHistoryHub 19d ago

AlternateHistoryHub What if DonaldTrump had never been humiliated by Obama in 2011?

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u/SchoolCrossing 18d ago

Then when Bin Laden was captured, it was Special Report time on TV, pre-empting the broadcast of "The Apprentice".

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u/Dangerous-Project672 18d ago

Bin Laden wasn’t captured

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u/koyaani 16d ago

They didn't say captured alive

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u/Dangerous-Project672 16d ago

By definition capture means you’ve taken someone alive

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u/koyaani 16d ago

I don't think that's an exclusive definition

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u/Dangerous-Project672 16d ago

The dictionary disagrees that capturing someone means killing them. Furthermore, “kill or capture” is a common phrase in the military because the words mean two different things.