Name:   Talullahhound - Subject:   And now Liberals Date:   1/6/2020 9:09:28 PM

It's normal to give a range of options - along with the pros and cons of each option and a final recommendation for the President's consideration.  From what I understand, there was no dissention among the cabinet members that the right action was to take him out.  The Chairman of the Joint Chiefs has not indicated in any way that he didn't think this was the right choice and his office would have been the one coming up with the range of options.  I suspect they knew that if they put that as an option, there was a good chance that he would pick that choice.  What we don't have access to is the intelligence  - and even if some level of it is declassified, we will not see the whole picture, because they will not want to reveal means and sources.  Many people don't know that in addition to Defense having intelligence agencies, the State Department also has intelligence, there is the CIA.  Democrats are trying to act like this was some kind of wild ass decision on the part of Trump, but the truth is, there was no diplomatic solution to this problem.  It's not like this guy came out of no where - no doubt they have been tracking him, his activities and those of his associates for a long time.  

Someone is going to be in trouble for slipping that draft letter about the military leaving Iraq, outside of channels.  No doubt they were circulating that document for comments and someone either made a big mistake or got cute.  It would have been marked classified and draft.