(August 2, 2022 at 12:52 pm)BrianSoddingBoru4 Wrote:(August 2, 2022 at 10:45 am)Jehanne Wrote: It seems to me that the United States' killing of Ayman al-Zawahiri is just going to perpetuate the cycle of violence in our World, perhaps leading to a nuclear holocaust. Why not take the high road and renounce extrajudicial executions? In spite of being a mass murderer, as a human being, Ayman al-Zawahiri was still entitled to due process under the Law. I find it ironic that President Joe Biden, who opposes the death penalty, would authorize the deliberate killing of another human being.
The rules are different when it comes to war. The deliberate killing of an enemy leader isn't an 'extrajudicial execution', any more than is the killing of a soldier on the battlefield.
Boru
Are we at war? According to the Constitution, only Congress can issue a declaration of war.