Isn't it about time to rid ourselves of the silly executive order that Gerald Ford signed in the 1970's barring the United States from assasinating foreign leaders? I'm having trouble distinguishing why its unacceptable to take out Saddam Hussein with half a dozen sharpshooters, but okay to drop several tons of bombs on him.

There are some horrendous, evil leaders in the world who do not require an entire war to deal with. Robert Mugabe? Take him out with one shot. Bashar Al-Asad? Buh-bye.

But if we do it, what prevents them from doing the same thing to us? Well, the Secret Service, for one. It's not as though hostile regimes are refraining from assasinating the American president out of some sense of fair play. They'd be happy to kill him if they had the chance. But our security, intelligence, and special ops people are much better than theirs. Frankly, there are a few folks who the world would simply be better off without. Gerald Ford never won a national election in his life, so lets take off the handcuffs and start living in the real world again.