@phillmv (i wish assasination were outside of norms. the US under Obama and Trump had a massive assassination program in the Middle East. Biden, at least, has dramatically scaled that back. Putin uses assasination routinely, it’s a core part of his approach to discouraging rivals or those who would spread dangerous (to him) information. maybe we maintain a conceit the norm isn’t accepted. maybe assasination by nonstate actors is outside of norms, like smoker-mom saying don’t smoke.)