[wtc911]

a) Make sure we are justified in taking military action; b) Do whatever we can to prevent/minimize the death of innocents without unduly jeopardizing the mission; c) Accept whatever deaths of innocents do occur as the tragic cost of doing business; d) Don't look back. Anything else is overthinking, second-guessing, or emotional/political grandstanding.

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This was not a military action it was a (supposedly) well-researched, planned hit that did not have to be made at that moment. And, it was avoidable.

[Zhangliqun]

This was not a military action it was a (supposedly) well-researched, planned hit that did not have to be made at that moment. And, it was avoidable.

A lot of accidents are avoidable. That doesn't meant they're not accidents.

So I don't understand your point. Are you then saying that the Israelis deliberately spent all this research and planning on making SURE they killed the WRONG MAN?

Special Operations stuff like this counts very much as military in my book.