The lovers of such targeting may find themselves targets. If another country takes on such a program against us, it takes little imagination to hear the outcry and response that would ensue.
When it's our side that does it, then that makes crime okay! Of course, this Aussie neocon would scream to high heaven, were some Israeli official to get whacked.
And no doubt FP and the odious AEI would bewail the "assault on journalism" most piteously, were Pletka herself to be ganked by an Iranian hit squad, and they would do so without a hint of irony.
The lovers of such targeting may find themselves targets. If another country takes on such a program against us, it takes little imagination to hear the outcry and response that would ensue.
You stole my thought!
When it's our side that does it, then that makes crime okay! Of course, this Aussie neocon would scream to high heaven, were some Israeli official to get whacked.
And no doubt FP and the odious AEI would bewail the "assault on journalism" most piteously, were Pletka herself to be ganked by an Iranian hit squad, and they would do so without a hint of irony.
Humans are not rational animals; instead, they're rationalizing animals. Pletka is too quick to support the policy she wants, I suspect.