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Originally Posted by D
The U.S. _openly_ did that sort of shit until the 1970's when Ford outlawed it, after which Carter reaffirmed it with an executive order of his own.
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Not saying it never happened (or happens) but such acts were (and are) generally regarded by most to be "bad form".
Hell, we didn't even try to kill Hitler directly. During WWII it was an open secret that Adolf spent nearly all his time either in his East Prussian military HQ or in his house in the mountains. So what did we do? We bombed the shit out of his cities but we didn't drop even so much as one bomb anywhere near him until the last two or three months of the war.
Interestingly enough it was JFK and his ceaseless attempts to get rid if Castro that changed the rules for awhile and some would suggest that the manner in which Kennedy subsequently departed from this mortal coil was no coincidence.
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Originally Posted by D
Since the 1970's, the U.S. has justified similar actions by stating that it's _INTERNAL_ policy on assassination is not trumped by its need for self defense... basically meaning the original "no assassination" policy _OF THE UNITED STATES_ (I'm not sure why you think another country would be restricted by U.S. policies in that area) is null and void since it can easily be justified away as "in defense" of the country at any given time.
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Here's the difference. Saddam tried to kill Bush Senior
after Bush Senior spared Saddam's life.
That's when it became personal.
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Originally Posted by D
If there's one thing that the Bush presidency has shown, imho, it's how gullible and uninformed and sheep-like the American populace - as a whole - really is.
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I don't know about that. Have you seen Bush Junior's approval ratings lately?