Is a retroactive, dubiously legal justification for extra legal killings a thing?

[struth]

Obama revealed to the public the details of why he ordered that individual to be taken out. Trump has not revealed to the public any details on the reasons he's ordering those people whacked other then accusing them of being drug smugglers.

Some think it's stone cold murder.

murder is an unlawful killing, killing foreigners we are engaged in armed conflict with, is lawful.

So you fail

Obama's justification to execute Americans, can be found here...https://www.justice.gov/sites/default/files/oip/legacy/2014/07/23/dept-white-paper.pdf

Trump can use the same justification, but doesn't need to, since we are dealing with foreigners not protected by the US Constitution

 

[Independent thinker]

The Left would rather see the regime follow the law.

The Situation: Murder She Wrote

There’s a word for what they’re doing.

www.lawfaremedia.org

The left's policies allow rampant crime. Blow up as many drug carrying boats as possible and bomb the hell out of lawless cartels in Mexico if we have to. I'm also in favor of targeting coyotees who bring illegals into the country, no matter where they are because they are terrorists. It's about time we had someone in charge who won't take this crap anymore. Same thing with illegals in our country. You come here illegally and your'e gone.

In Venezuela we have a socialist dictator in charge of the country who even democrats say rigged the elections to win and all democrats want to do is condemn Maduro in the strongest possible terms while Trump is actually doing something about it.

 

[Clipper]

murder is an unlawful killing, killing foreigners we are engaged in armed conflict with, is lawful.

So you fail

Obama's justification to execute Americans, can be found here...https://www.justice.gov/sites/default/files/oip/legacy/2014/07/23/dept-white-paper.pdf

Trump can use the same justification, but doesn't need to, since we are dealing with foreigners not protected by the US Constitution

Since when are we engaged in an armed conflict with foreigners on boats in the Caribbean? So Trump can order hits on anyone, anywhere who he thinks is a drug runner which he is claiming who those people are to justify taking them out?

 

[struth]

Since when are we engaged in an armed conflict with foreigners on boats in the Caribbean? So Trump can order hits on anyone, anywhere who he thinks is a drug runner which he is claiming who those people are to justify taking them out?

Since we declared the cartels terrorist

Yes, according to the Obama admin white paper all the president has to do is declare these terrorist a threat

 

[Clipper]

Since we declared the cartels terrorist

Yes, according to the Obama admin white paper all the president has to do is declare these terrorist a threat

Still no evidence presented that the people on those boats who were whacked on Trump's orders were drug runners.

 

[struth]

Still no evidence presented that the people on those boats who were whacked on Trump's orders were drug runners.

Of course there was evidence

 

[kc48]

Just ask Duterte.

 

[Clipper]

Of course there was evidence

Really? Where is it?

 

[struth]

Really? Where is it?

At the White House

 

[Lesh]

Of course there was evidence

Please provide it

 

[struth]

Please provide it

What makes you think I havd acccess to the White House?

 

[Clipper]

At the White House

Who told you that?

 

[struth]

Who told you that?

The White House

 

[berg80]

The left's policies allow rampant crime. Blow up as many drug carrying boats as possible and bomb the hell out of lawless cartels in Mexico if we have to. I'm also in favor of targeting coyotees who bring illegals into the country, no matter where they are because they are terrorists. It's about time we had someone in charge who won't take this crap anymore. Same thing with illegals in our country. You come here illegally and your'e gone.

In Venezuela we have a socialist dictator in charge of the country who even democrats say rigged the elections to win and all democrats want to do is condemn Maduro in the strongest possible terms while Trump is actually doing something about it.

Not that the regime gives a hoot about violations of international law, but..........

US strikes in Caribbean and Pacific breach international law, says UN rights chief

Airstrikes carried out by the United States against alleged drug trafficking boats in the Caribbean and Pacific drew sharp criticism from the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights on Friday who said they “violate international human rights law” and must stop immediately.

news.un.org

Or, if you prefer, there's US law.

The Situation: I Never Signed Up for This Kind of Targeted Killing

And it’s a profoundly dangerous power for any president to have

www.lawfaremedia.org

 

[struth]

Not that the regime gives a hoot about violations of international law, but..........

US strikes in Caribbean and Pacific breach international law, says UN rights chief

Airstrikes carried out by the United States against alleged drug trafficking boats in the Caribbean and Pacific drew sharp criticism from the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights on Friday who said they “violate international human rights law” and must stop immediately.

news.un.org

Or, if you prefer, there's US law.

The Situation: I Never Signed Up for This Kind of Targeted Killing

And it’s a profoundly dangerous power for any president to have

www.lawfaremedia.org

I disagree with Turk’s view

And that blog lawfaremedia has been debunked

 

[Clipper]

The White House

Which pathalogical was it?

 

[struth]

Which pathalogical was it?

Huh?

 

[Clipper]

Huh?

Really?

 

[Lesh]

What makes you think I havd acccess to the White House?

So you believe something for no other reason than that the guy who routinely lies… told you so

Got it

 

[berg80]

The left's policies allow rampant crime.

In your mind, that does that belief justify the regime breaking international and US law?