[gcruse]

 "They spent 30 years putting it together. We're prevented from
 doing that by treaty and executive order."

Yeah, it's honorable going through history with
one hand tied behind your back.  It'll also get
you killed when fighting martyr-prone enemies
with no scruples.  We'll learn eventually.

[cryptical]

The one good thing you can say about countries other than the US is the lack of lawyers. Imaging the US doing something like this, and killing some hostages.

Lawyers would be living off the lawsuits for years.