What a well thought out and cohesive argument for drone strikes against me. I am the enemy of this government, but not an enemy of the republic. I often use a laptop. Who defines “ordinary crimes “ vs. Acts of war? Why, the government, of course.
I am not defending either the dead terrorist, or the article, but this needs a little more thought before we start granting the regime Constitutional exemptions.
Waging the legal system against our enemies won’t produce very satisfactory results, I’m afraid. If it would, we would require fighter pilots to have law degrees.
You do have a point given the rise of stateless entities for the very purpose of carrying out wars on superpowers. I think that the distinction of who is a combatant and who is just a curmudgeon is something we can handle unless you are doing the mental gymnastics of the Obama Administration by trying to deny that we are at war against radical Islam.