I think you're dead on with this, Diogenes. Trying to define a moral difference between the murder of one and the murder of thousands is sophistry at its ugliest. Killing is killing, never the first choice, and never a pretty business but sometimes a necessity. Call it what it is, do the damn job and be done with it.
Sadly, the qualities we profess to honor and desire in our leaders aren't the same qualities that get them in the public arena to begin with, and have nothing at all in common with the filthy machinations that actually get them elected.
Excellent post, thank you.
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