If we weren't going to capture and try OBL, why risk American lives instead of drones?

Hell, if we knew where OBL with a sufficient degree of certainty to put boots on the ground, why didn't we just blow up the whole block with a bunker-buster?
Or a 1-mile radius around the location?
Or the whole town?

After all, if we've moved into a casual acceptance of "collateral damage" in the "war on terror," why not just nuke all of Pakistan?



The slopes are rather slippery around this whole argument, and it's disconcerting to see a (D) POTUS take advantage of extraordinary means to capture and prosecute summarily execute criminals.