Is politically motivated violence acceptable?

[GMDino]

(10-02-2020, 11:43 AM)hollodero Wrote: An assassination attempt does not qualify as self-defense though. Still, in extreme cases like Hitler, I'm all for assassination attempts working out.

Just to be very clear, of course that applies to Hitler, not to Trump or any other western leader, and hardly any leader at all. Maybe Kim or some of the more gruesome African dictators.

Isn't that where it gets gummy though?

Iran thinks Trump is a terrorist.  We kill terrorists.  They can justify a killing as some who is "extreme". 

I get Hitler is an extreme example but had we captured him would that be worse?  Of course we'd have sentenced him to death and killed him anyway.

It's why I have a hard time with it.  Not that I think Trump is the same as Hitler or Kim but that humans use their own justifications for such actions.  We all do.