>>I know your background so am not surprised you want us to give the spooks more free reign.
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><g> Actually, I'm not so much for free reign as I am for the idea that rather than have a bunch of peasants conscripted to kill each other it would be nice if leaders had the courage to use professionals to very surgically kill some people who dearly need killing.
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>Ten targeted killings in Germany in 1934 would have saved probably 20 million lives. One more in Russia would have saved another 35 million. Throw in one in China and you've got the hat trick. Pretty small price to pay for a whole different 20th century.

To anyone who questioned my saying that "the West believes in the cult of leadership"... here it is.