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angrychair

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30. No, it's not that simple

Reply to Marengo (Reply #15)

Fri Jan 3, 2020, 10:08 PM

Jan 2020

Both the bush and Obama administrations rejected such action as destabilizing to the region.

This was incredibly foolish and ill-advised.

No one doubts the guy was a bad actor, not really the point.

More importantly, this was a official govt position. This wasnt the leader of some ragtag terrorist organization.
He was replaced within hours.

How, specifically, does this possibly impact any emerging and imminent threat?

Any "planning or coordination" of an operation has been completed by the time it becomes an "imminent threat"?
Killing him would have zero impact on a "imminent threat.

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