We took out a guy the
Pentagon says was responsible for the attacks, that's different.
Besides, Iraqi insurgents allied to Iran killed the contractor. By that logic, if Syrian insurgents backed by Russia killed one of our contractors, Russia's #2 becomes fair game?
I'm not trying to justify anything, just don't see why anyone expects differently when we embargo a whole economy, and say backsies when we throw them a bone.
The Arabs took down two of our towers in American soil and also dismember our journalists, yet somehow we manage.
The wild card, Republican projection: