One of the points made in the article is that the US had not the authority to decide to kill him, no more than any other country in the world. As a non-U.S. cit

One of the points made in the article is that the US had not the authority to decide to kill him, no more than any other country in the world. As a non-U.S. citizen, I find this compelling: the world is probably a more dangerous place now, because of a choice that was taken by one country unilaterally.