We don't know if the Trump admin is killing American citizens in these. They don't know who they are killing either. Maybe the first step to pointing a weapon is knowing who you are pointing it at.
Not even the "war" on drugs or "war" on terror? Semantic games aside, the precedent for the president engaging in military action without congress declaring war was broken decades before Trump.
That's how you differentiate old empires from the curent ones: they are tired of all this killing.
What do you think about Obama killing an American citizen via drone extrajudicially?
Why does that matter? Does that excuse or justify these extrajudicial killings (murders?) in any way?
It was an unforgivable crime, obviously. Much like these war crimes.
We don't know if the Trump admin is killing American citizens in these. They don't know who they are killing either. Maybe the first step to pointing a weapon is knowing who you are pointing it at.
Whataboutism isn't a good argument.
war is extrajudicial
America isn't at war.
Not even the "war" on drugs or "war" on terror? Semantic games aside, the precedent for the president engaging in military action without congress declaring war was broken decades before Trump.
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Tell that to the thousands of parents that lose a kid each year. This trash has to stop making it into the US.
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As fucked up as the situation is, they were warned that they would be blown up if they tried it.
Giving warning you are going to violate international law doesn't make it any less illegal or immoral.
What do you think about Obama killing an *American citizen* via drone extrajudicially?