"It was a rush-to-vengeance"
How much later was this supposed "rush to vengeance?"
Munich Massacre -- September 1972
Lillehammer mistake -- July 1973
Your calling it "vengeance" exposes your real objection. Sort of like people who object to the death penalty.
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You are being disingenuous. Mossad took that long to locate the man who they thought was Salemeh. The murdered the guy in less than 18 hours after he was first spotted. Seems a bit rushed to me. Especially since the Mossad professionals got their first look at him as they pulled the trigger. The ID was done by local amateurs who were recruited to keep their eyes open.
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Then you write: "Your calling it "vengeance" exposes your real objection. Sort of like people who object to the death penalty."
Nonsense, save the analysis for your shrink and respond to the words I use not your self-serving interpretation of them.
And, I have made no comment about my thoughts on the death penalty. I will say this about it vis a vis this killing...Our employment of a death penalty is by the state after arrest, trial and conviction. We do not gun people down in the street simply because they look like someone we're chasing down. That was the case in Norway. No effort was made to confirm who the target was. He looked like Salemeh and that was enough.
One final point - you call the murder a 'mistake'. Would you be so casual and dismissive if the 'mistake' happened in Israel or LA, the victim was an Israeli or an American and the killers were Arab?