Does anyone else have moral objections to the US assassinating people? (Yes, I am American.)
This General Trump killed has been at this for decades. The timing is suspect and should have been considered. The reaction if the shoe is reversed is obvious.
So, I can't condone this. Hundred of thousands will now die.
About six years ago, I felt people were hungry for blood. Well, here they go again.
Get your sons and daughters lined up to ruin their lives then be told there are not enough doctors at the VA.
Or, its gonna take six months to get your claim settled. There will be no such thing as a three year enlistment. There is talk about restarting the draft.
We didn't learn a goddamn thing! (sorry, I'm in a bad mood) I need a hug!!!
Yes, and went ‘so far’ as to call it Murder. When our Generals are called upon to assemble a plan of attack, should such planning make them targets for assassination by a potential adversary?
Our small president set this in motion, unnecessarily increased the tension, then struck first. This is what he wanted, not what was right.
It’s been a political mechanism for millennia. Why would it stop now?
Morality and ethics seem irrelevant in our current global, political climate.
That shouldn't prevent us from acting in an ethical manner.
@MizJ but it will! That is the reality.
@MizJ individually you can act ethically but collectively is a totally different dynamic.
See
Mackay, C. (1841). Memoirs of Extraordinary Popular Delusions and the Madness of Crowds. I (1 ed.). London: Richard Bentley. Retrieved 04 January 2020.
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also the work of Douglas Murray 2018
There's only one world leader I'd like to see assassinated, and I'll bet you can figure out which one I'm thinking about.
This is supposedly forbidden as it applies to national leaders (too bad another bad republican, "W" also ignored laws, but sometimes it is necessary as when Bin Laden was killed.
Pelosi's statement
A democratic legislator was interview on NPR this morning and he said this will cost more lives as Iran has vowed to retaliate. The usual crap from tRump about thousands of Americans killed because of this general is more evidence of self-serving lies. Dictatorship for dummies 101, create an emergency in case of pressure from outside. "W" pulled and look where that got us!!!
Yes unless it's a monster like Bin Laden
Yes...not to mention that the retaliation that will come will be targeted at Americans and their allies. I have no doubt this will escalate into something horrendous and deadly. Can you imagine the reaction in America if say...Mike Pompeo was assassinated by the Iranians when he was leaving Dulles Airport in Washington?
Some cheering and suggest trump next
It's a tough question. I'm generally an isolationist but I know what our reaction would be to someone sending a drone to the U.S. and taking out a General. Terrorism changes the normal rules of engagement. I'm guessing that although we claim that the guy was planning many acts, I bet we can't prove that. So generally I'm against us just going in and taking out people we don't like, without a just cause. Especially when it could start a war.