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How about an example of the USA going beyond detention and straight to extra-judicial execution? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Killing_of_Abdulrahman_al-Awlaki

• ethanbond 3y ago
  Reducing collateral damage in military operations is a great reason for more US spying, not less. It’s actually pretty remarkable that we even think about a single individual dying by accident these days. Great argument for how carefully the US conducts warfare.
  • ajsnigrutin 3y ago
    Well yeah, if it's one dead boy, it's a tragedy, when it's 500k, it's statics, and all of them don't get their own wiki pages. https://www.newsweek.com/watch-madeleine-albright-saying-iraqi-kids-deaths-worth-it-resurfaces-1691193 https://www.newsweek.com/watch-madeleine-albright-saying-ira... So, US was at war with yemen? Pakistan? Iran? When?
    • ethanbond 3y ago
      The US was at war with a non-state actor who committed an act of war against its civilians. State-to-state warfare is not the only form that has ever existed.
      • ajsnigrutin 3y ago
        So if eg. iran bombed obama, because obama killed a bunch of civilians with drones (well.. gave orders), that would be ok and acceptable?
        • ethanbond 3y ago
          Is war ever “ok and acceptable?” Leaders of militaries are targeted all the time during conflict.