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Why not offer the authorization of a letter of marque and reprisal to such an operation carried out by American mercenary forces since we already are using them so extensively in our war effort?

Actually that is how he will likely be caught. The GOP under a Jerry Ford E.O. abandoned this policy actually. As a result state sponsored terrorism was born. The very same wing of the party who pushed for the undeclared war in Iraq to be precise on the matter.

I get kind of angry when I hear people say Ron Paul will do nothing about the likes of such. His methods would likely produce a much higher success rate with minimal damage to us diplomatically in the eyes of other nations. There is no reason for any POTUS to strut around the Oval Office or on TV saying were coming to get you. Since when did we ever owe terrorist dictators any warning?

Saddam knew months in advance we were coming for him as did Bin Laden. And yet nobody can understand why it takes so long? Well Duh! A wiser POTUS and a tight lipped need to know members of congress could have saved our nation billions and their deaths {Saddam and Bin Laden} would have been back page news events.

An answer you have not considered about Letters of Marque in post #55. It would have most likely worked.

Actually that is how he will likely be caught. The GOP under a Jerry Ford E.O. abandoned this policy actually. As a result state sponsored terrorism was born. The very same wing of the party who pushed for the undeclared war in Iraq to be precise on the matter.

It was no coincidence, was it?

I get kind of angry when I hear people say Ron Paul will do nothing about the likes of such. His methods would likely produce a much higher success rate with minimal damage to us diplomatically in the eyes of other nations. There is no reason for any POTUS to strut around the Oval Office or on TV saying were coming to get you. Since when did we ever owe terrorist dictators any warning?

Well, terrorists deserve no quarter. Dictators, as in the Mideast, often do actually represent the will of their backward subjects. So a dictator is not automatically a target for elimination. We are, in fact, allied with some truly horrible dictators at present with terrible human rights records. But I would not say we should depose them or assassinate them.

Sovereign countries are different than terrorists. Or the global elimination of the anarchists a century ago.

"The GOP under a Jerry Ford E.O. abandoned this policy actually. As a result state sponsored terrorism was born."

You Paulistinians smoke some pretty strong stuff.

Always blaming American policy for Terrorism.

Don't let the door hit you on the way out.