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the extrajudicial execution of American's abroad by using drones was by far the most glaring change in US policy during that Administration
by Shivetya 6y ago
the extrajudicial execution of American's abroad by using drones was by far the most glaring change in US policy during that Administration
- kyboren 6y agoI'm not sure why this is downvoted. Obama established the precedent that it's totally kosher to use flying death robots to murder US citizens without any semblance of due process. You just have to claim (but not actually produce any evidence or convince a jury beyond reasonable doubt) that they posed an imminent threat to the US.
- Retric 6y agoThat’s been the case for a very long time. Even ignoring the civil war, US citizens for example fought on both sides of WWII both before and after it entered the war. As soon as you start talking millions of people you end up with some extreme outliers. The only thing that’s changed is we have a slightly better idea who we are shooting over time. PS: Somewhat more bizarrely, letters of marque and reprisal mean private citizens can get the rights to kill other Americans who happen to be working on non military foreign ships.