Well, yes. It's equally evil for the government to murder a Syrian as an American, but more legal under American law. The American has more legal protections u

Well, yes. It's equally evil for the government to murder a Syrian as an American, but more legal under American law. The American has more legal protections under the American Constitution. That's what a large part of the article is about. So moving into killing Americans was a step further and a new legal precedent.