[HiTech RedNeck]

I hear the sound of little rats digging, digging, digging to see if any president before Bush II was known to have done such a targeting.

[skimbell]

I remember there was a big fuss over targeting Yamamoto during WWII. We broke their code and knew where/when he'd be somewhere and wanted to get him. I recall that there was considerable discussion on whether or not assassination of this type was OK in a war.

Only other example that I can think of is the lib's all-time favorite prez...President Bartlett wrestling with this issue from his post on the West Wing.

[unkus]

I rarely go to DU but went there the other day to see the reaction on the new Nuclear response policy and even some of those people had second thoughts. But I only stayed for a short time and there were not that many posts on the subject yet.