"I say, go for it! I completely reject the notion that all-out warfare, which causes widespread damage and suffering to so many people and families on both sides, is somehow preferable, or "more honorable," than simply identifying and eliminating a few guilty individuals. There would be no need to mobilize thousands of citizen soldiers; the entire project could be carried out by small groups of well-qualified and highly-motivated military "lifers," and I'm quite confident that, unhampered by political controversy and media coverage, they'd get the job done admirably well. "

Agreed.


But what about the removal of individuals that have styated the intent to attack another state? Should one wait until after the attack, even if tha attack itself will kill hundreds of thousands of civilians, or remove that individual before he can develope the WMD to perform the attack with?