Targeting Khomeini doesn't really make a lot of sense.He is a symbolic role, not in a leadership, strategic, or tactical position so the value is dubious besides being vindictiven and will result in retaliation from Iran.It also immediately reveals the extent to which the US intelligence capability is aware of the movements and locations of Iranian leadership, which will prompt them to take measures to overcome this.Who is vindictive, wants to smash things with no regard for consequences, and wouldn't care about revealing US intelligence capabilities?
>>529516623I am not sure what they expected, honestly. IRGC even said taking out any of their commanders or leaders won't halt their operations this time. Looks like they were telling the truth.
>>529516715>When the topic of conversation came around to ways of defeating the bombs, everyone was in agreement. "They would have charts up on the wall showing the insurgent cells they were facing, often with the names and pictures of the guys running them," Rivolo remembers. "When we asked about going after high-value individuals and what effect it was having they'd say, 'Oh yeah, we killed that guy last month, and we're getting more IEDs than ever.' They all said the same thing, point blank: '[O]nce you knock them off, a day later you have a new guy who's smarter, younger, more aggressive and is out for revenge.'"Another example would be the assassination of Reinhart Haydrich in WWII, it changed nothing and only prompted vicious reprisals.The British decided not to assassinate Hitler partly because of fear of more such reprisal, desiring not to fuel a "stabbed in the back" mentality, and concern he'd be replaced by someone competent.
