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Exactly. I am astonished that there is no debate around this. Drone killing ought to be regarded as a war crime. When you go around performing targeted killing

• jacquesm 10y ago
  > Drone killing ought to be regarded as a war crime. It is a war crime. That doesn't mean any drone wielders will ever be brought to justice, but the same goes for all those Blackwater (oh, sorry 'Xe', oh, sorry 'Academi', it's hard to keep track of these scumbags) contractors during the Iraq war. War crimes as a rule will only see their day in court if they are committed by relatively powerless people on the losing side of some conflict. Otherwise you're probably in worse shape shoplifting or stealing a car. Heck, America doesn't even subscribe to the international tribunal for warcrimes. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_and_the_International_Criminal_Court https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_and_the_Internat... And they're the main users of drones for killing people in countries they are not formally at war with.
  • pmoriarty 10y ago
    And let's not forget all the torturers and their enablers and protectors. Torture is a very serious crime. But will the people who commit it and those who order it ever be held accountable? Nope. The US government just stamps "legal" on it after it makes a splash in the press, and then people mostly forget about it. Now Trump is promising to "bring back a hell of a lot worse than waterboarding". This is just the tip of the criminal iceberg in the US. But crime is really the wrong word when the people who commit and order the crime and those who protect them are the same people who write and enforce the laws.