Fair enough Nash...I agree. Pat should keep his big mouth shut. It's not his place to publicly advocate such a policy for our government.
I know nothing about this Venezuelan dictator. So I can't say that assassination would be justified. On the other hand, I don't know enough to say that it would be unjustified either.
IF, and that may be a big if, he became a big enough threat, I believe the government should take him out....as covertly as possible of course.
Out of curiousity, does anyone out there know of a prominent European leader that publicly called for Hitler's assassination? If so, I wonder what the reaction of that leader's countrymen was.