among a civilian population somewhere, which makes a "surgical" removel that much more difficult.
Frankly I think we should send up the bombers, the planes, what have you, then launch a propaganda campaign with a countdown... "Turn him in, we pay you an obscenely large bounty. If he's still in hiding when the time runs out, it was nice knowing you." Even if he gets away, most countries would think twice about sheltering terrorists after that.
One of the reasons Russia and China aren't terrorist targets (or weren't back during the Cold War): They tend to shoot first and then interrogate what's left of the bodies. The US, on the other hand, does a lot of saber-rattling without ever getting the blade clear of the scabbard until the fight's well under way. We're like the big kid on the schoolyard that talks big but never swings... so everyone messes with him. The little kid that starts off with the swift kick to the gonads, HIM everyone leaves alone.
Yes, I know it's inhumane, extreme, and reactionary. But one doesn't put rabid dogs on trial, one shoots them (and possibly all other animals suspected of being infected) before the disease spreads. Terrorism is such a disease; once it gets to a certain point, you have to put it down regardless of the collateral damage.
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