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Originally Posted by Skybird
Neither is it a precedence, nor is it anything worrysome. Nationality is not a factor here, but Islam and terrorism are the two factor to mention. Islam knows no nationalistic conceptions, and terrorism is not just any ordinary crime like everyday murder. From a moral standpoint I find it impossible to "assassinate" a terrorist, since the term "assassination" somewhat implies a negative moral assessment of the deed - but there is nothing bad in the act itself of killing/murdering/shooting from the distance/stabbing him while he sleeps/air-bombing a terrorist. It is a good deed to take out terrorists.
Problems can only raise when there is doubt about somebody being a terrorists. But this is not case here.
Terrorists are being taken out. Not because they have this or that nationality, but because they commit deeds of terrorism.
A troubled mind you must - and will - have when you kill people accidentally or are uncertain of the rightfulness/correctness of your motivation to kill them. When you are certain about it, you must not feel regret. It is depending on your moral standards, and thus is depending on the cultural context you grew up in, yes. But by the moral standards I live by, I feel no uncertainty whatever about this guy being taken out. So to hell with his passport. |
President Mookie: "Fine. Neal Stevens is an Islamic terrorist. I am certain of it. CIA, please go take out Neal Stevens."
You don't see the issue with that?