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I believe the good sir has qualified that assertion with this:
"Another way to say it is that a state is not illegitimate merely by virtue of not sharing your values, your end-states, or is in fact an adversary. Equally, an adversary or enemy does not automatically become a terrorist in order to justify extra-judicial responses."
And he's right, although I've yet to ever see a judicial order for a drone strike. The deceased was a terrorist before and during his time in Iran so there wasn't really anything automatic about that, eve if he was wearing several other hats at the same time. The drone strikes themselves is a policy order based on precedent long used by the US administration, not just President Trump. The revolting part is potential abuse of the policy and authority for a political purpose that may have been meant to serve as a useful distraction from a whole other mess of a domestic nature.
Killing an adversary by drone strike is both justified and lawful when .... (I don't know the answer but I believe quantifiable evidence of imminent threat to [insert here] is established operationally and not just mere suspicion.)
"Another way to say it is that a state is not illegitimate merely by virtue of not sharing your values, your end-states, or is in fact an adversary. Equally, an adversary or enemy does not automatically become a terrorist in order to justify extra-judicial responses."
And he's right, although I've yet to ever see a judicial order for a drone strike. The deceased was a terrorist before and during his time in Iran so there wasn't really anything automatic about that, eve if he was wearing several other hats at the same time. The drone strikes themselves is a policy order based on precedent long used by the US administration, not just President Trump. The revolting part is potential abuse of the policy and authority for a political purpose that may have been meant to serve as a useful distraction from a whole other mess of a domestic nature.
Killing an adversary by drone strike is both justified and lawful when .... (I don't know the answer but I believe quantifiable evidence of imminent threat to [insert here] is established operationally and not just mere suspicion.)