QrazyQuat, those were NOT considered assasination attempts, according to what was outlawed. Bombing buildings where the leaders and other command and control facilities makes them VIABLE targets and therefore NOT considered assasination. These strikes are also 100X LESS LIKELY to successfully achieve the goal of killing a single individual.

It's one of those distinctions that can be manipulated to a certain degree. If, however, we activated sleepers and had them put a .308 bullet in his head it would cause MAJOR problems polically, but dropping a 2000lb bomb on a building he's suspected to be in is considered fair...

I think it's all stupid. It's OK for us to risk 1000's of lives to kill someone, but NOT OK for us to send in a lone sniper. Then again, I'm not congress, so my opinion doesn't really count.

Yes, those raids you mentioned were attempts to kill a single person, but the fact that they were carried out by bombers instead of snipers made them legal.

Hey, I didn't make the rules here, but since we have to play by them I don't see many other options.