The only reason you'd take this is mental illness or a fanatical devotion to a cause that the West doesn't do. Because the West is civilised.
So unless you want operatives that are unstable and not too smart, suicide pills will never be used.
So unless you want operatives that are unstable and not too smart, suicide pills will never be used.
As far as the West being an enlightened civilization, Alberto Gonzalez' defense of U.S. torture relevantly suggests to me that civilization only goes so far.