This argument makes absolutely no sense.<p>Can you agree that sometimes it is morally just and legally permitted to use violence?<p>Can you also imagine that someone may know that it is the right thing to order this violence, but be put off by physically having to hack someone up themselves?<p>If so, do you now see the practical problem that the friends in the Pentagon were warning of? With the capsule in the person you are clouding the judgement of the president and making it harder for them to make a cool assessment of the right course of action, not adding some kind of clever moral check. Can&#x27;t you see that?<p>If you want to know more about this issue, read up on the &#x27;trolley problem&#x27;. It&#x27;s a more complex moral issue than your snarky comment implies.