I get what you are trying to say, but I don't think that's ever a valid argument. Illegal actions are just that: illegal, no matter who commits them. I don't se

I get what you are trying to say, but I don't think that's ever a valid argument. Illegal actions are just that: illegal, no matter who commits them. I don't see why a "good" person should get away with it. To drive that point even a little further, the mafia (the actual one, in Italy) also had done many good things, helping many local people out, often when it was the government that totally failed those people. But none of that made it any less of a ruthless criminal organization. Should any of the US government's good deeds (if any, because I have never seen the USA do anything abroad that wasn't first and foremost good for them, only in second place for the local population) ever excuse any of their criminal activities? I don't see what is complicated here. To me, the answer is just as clear as with the Italian mafia (during its heydays): no! Crimes are crimes, no matter who commits them.