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Comment by g8oz

3 hours ago

America and Israel are lawless countries. Can you imagine other countries assassinating a foreign head of state and not getting immediate blowback?

> America and Israel are lawless countries.

The truth of the world, as much as we may hate it, is that at least at the state level might makes right.

  • Well not right, but effective in the short term. In the longer term I assume this kind of policy is destabilizing and bad for everyone

I prefer assassinations of leaders in wars over deaths of soldiers and especially civilians.

Considering how Israel had to raze entire cities to beat 'Hamas' or the US dropping nukes in WW2 instead of bombing the Japanese Emperor. This is decent as far as wars go.

My thinking is that, it's good when it works in your favor, but one day it night not, and if it doesn't well what recourse is available then?

You can't see the french or Russians doing the same thing in Africa? Because I sure can. There's be some hand wringing and posturing but that's about it.

Not that it's ok for the US, or anyone else to do it.