(July 4, 2024 at 10:03 pm)Belacqua Wrote: Obama had two US citizens killed without any kind of trial or judicial review. They were out of the country at the time, but I don't think that makes any legal difference.
They had also given aid and comfort to an active enemy, in a jurisdiction where American law doesn't prevail.
I suppose in order to quench your thirst for propriety we could have asked Yemen to repatriate them. If they wanted the benefit of American justice that you pretend to extend here they were entirely free to surrender themselves and face trial in court.
They chose not to, and chose instead to proffer aid and comfort to the enemy. You buy the boat, you get the leaks.
