Seems much easier to me to have UAVs and such scattered about on bases that can act much more quickly than having teams of hitmen scattered around the world that need more time to act.

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Lawyers. POS f'n lawyers.

For the record, fine by me that we have hit squads, but it seemed rather obvious that this has been going on for a long time.

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I haven't read many opinions decrying a hit squad. The issue seems to be that congress was not advised of the programs existence and that Cheney, who alledgedly started it, was not empowered to do so.

I've always wondered what the differences are between a government-sanctioned assassin and a hit man. I don't mean legally, but morally. Does it make a difference to you internally when you are employed in killing other human beings if it is sanctioned by your country?

What do you think about this?

A corallary to this might be to ask what effect does it have on you if you kill someone in a war, fighting for your country? I have often wondered about this particular cost of war that is not often discussed. I can only imagine that it must have a tremendous effect on some people at least, if not everybody.

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A state hit-man - assasin - takes special training and detachment as they come closer to the victim than a soldier of today. Governments of today make it easy to kill in war since most of the time there is great distance between rivals. It's much different to stand in front of a man, look him in the eyes, and then kill him. This is what criminals do, which makes them extremely dangerous. They have no compassion for humanity, nor do they deserve to be a part of it. This I suppose is the risk of state hit squads - although necessary. There is always the possibility of the hit-man going astray.

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That's what I meant. When it is "up close and personal," I am sure that killing is far different from shooting, bombing, etc. at your enemy from a distance. Doubtless, either way leaves a mark on one's soul in some way, but killing someone who was not first trying to kill you must be materially different inthe effect it has on the one doing the killing.

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Tom,

Ret. Lt. Col. David Grossman, USA has written a couple of books on the subject.His site:
http://www.killology.com/bio.htm


"On Killing: The Psychological Cost of Learning to Killing in War and Society"
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/On_Killing:_The_Psychological_Cost_of_Learning_to_Kill_in_War_and_Society
http://www.killology.com/ereads.htm

"On Combat":
http://www.killology.com/book_oncombat_ed_rev.htm

I read On Killing a few years ago. Interesting book. He doesn't think much of combat video games.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dave_Grossman_(author)