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U.S. acknowledges killing four Americans in drone strikes
- speeder 13y agoI don't know what is more dreadful, a country that kill its citizens without trial, or a country where their citizens (just look at the comments) think this is a great idea and should be done more.
- rtpg 13y agoI've never understood this fixation on the nationality of people killed in drone strikes. I get jurisdiction issues (blowing people up on American soil is pretty iffy, since we could just arrest the guys anyways), but the Bill of Rights isn't prepended by "only citizens get these rights". Inversely, I get that the gov't should "try" to protect their citizens, if you've reached the point to where you want to blow up some guys with million dollar missiles, they must be in some serious business, and you must not have that many alternatives. A blue passport shouldn't give them a free pass on that.
- squozzer 13y agoI used to be against drone attacks against US citizens. But then I asked myself, "If Abe Lincoln had used drones at Gettysburg, would that have made him a war criminal or unconstitutional assassin?" Maybe, but not for killing Confederate forces. Who, even though they were rebels, did not actually lose US citizenship.