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Why Not Assassinate Bashar al-Assad?

Peter Beinart points out that it would fit with current US policy

By Kevin Spak,  Newser Staff

Posted Jun 11, 2012 1:24 PM CDT

(Newser) – Is there a logical reason the US hasn't assassinated Bashar al-Assad? It's a pretty unsavory idea, but "given how far we appear willing to go in prioritizing American security interests, it doesn't seem very radical," argues Peter Beinart of the...   Read full story »

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