So that lessens the crime? Hey, its just one scumbag, he won't be missed ...
How do you think the jihadis rationalize their actions?
EXACTLY the SAME WAY!
In March of 2003, Bush ordered a missile strike on a house where it was believed that Saddam Hussein might have been staying, I don't recall anyone who has an opinion I respect condemning that.
Islamofascists want to convert the entire world to the Muslim faith. To accomplish that goal Islamofascists want to kill everyone who stands in their way.
Hugo Chavez is a psychotic dictator and is extremely hostile to US interests. We ignore Chavez at our own peril. Leaders in that region like Chavez and Castro are enemies of America. Chavez has funded Al-Qaeda and Castro has moved Cuba's biological program from Cuba to Venezuela.
The law that makes assassination of foreign leaders should be overturned, immediately. So when the time comes, we can take out this nutcase, immediately.