Nice attempt at justifying the killing of innocents, but Pan Am Flight 103 was destroyed over Lockerbie on December 21, 1988, over two years after Operation El-Dorado Canyon. Do you think there may have been a connection?
Do you *really* condone killing every tall person in robes on the off- chance it might be Osama bin-Laden?
Zakawi's dissolution. 1727cut Do you think the 15 month old girl they end in Gadaffi's tent had anything to do with the disco planting? If you think Operation El...
Actually Pakistan had no idea the attack was planned and heard about it afterwards. There was considerable protest about it in Pakistan afterwards and the Pakistani Ambbuttador registered an official complaint in Washington.
With a two week surveillance period before the strike there is no possibility of tactical expedience being used as an excuse. Face it George, the US deliberately blew up a house it knew to contain innocent people because someone they don't like *might* have been there. As it turned out he wasn't, but that incompetence is immaterial from a moral perspective.
Obviously you have even less of a clue. I do have military experience and I have taken such decisions in real life. Its amazing who you meet on USENET.
Its up to people like me to point out when countries do bad things. If you don't like your country doing bad things, I suggest you do something about regime change in your own patch.
-- DM personal opinion only