Should targeted assassinations of world leaders be a part of our war on terrorism?

Question

I'm talking about assisination attempts against the major leaders of the governments of syria, Iran, North Korea, Venezuela, and france?

Answer 1

YES!!

Answer 2

State sanctioned murder of the leaders of other sovereign nations. Not only against international law but completely unethical. But the US has done it many times before, you didn't know it was already policy did you?

Answer 3

Damn good question. On a basic moral level, I do consider it murder, and therefore would generally be opposed. BUT, I do think it could be a much cheaper and less deadly (a la civilian deaths) method of "war". Safe to say I am open to it... but I think that the US should FIRST use espionage tactics to help build up civil rights leaders in their own countries... use our money & expertise to help people fight their own revolutions. THEN we help with assassination, if need be. Revolutions need to be (or at least appear to be) led by their own people for them to stick.

Answer 4

Why not?
Be great fun.
Our government is so in the open in all their dealings we never would need to question the why we want someone dead.
Good plan.
GOD IS ON OUR SIDE!
What the hell the US is the largest rogue state in existence so he must be.
We are after all a Christian Nation.
It says so on our money!

Answer 5

Of course not.

But if rocks fall out of the sky and take out their airplanes, whose fault is that?

Answer 6

Yes. If that can obviate the need for invasion or large scale bombing, I am all for it.

Answer 7

Why stop there, why not just assinate everyone just because they don't agree with you. It's a no brainer, where's yours?

Answer 8

should we start with bush?