[AEMILIUS PAULUS]

Imagine you are back in the 1940's. Next imagine an American from Columbus, Ohio who went to Germany and joined the Wehrmacht. Finally imagine that American knowlingly manning a machine gun in the Battle of the Bulge where he joyfully killed many Americans.

Question: Do we worry about his "Rights?"

Question: Do we refuse to bomb in areas where he is known to be?

Question: Do order American ground troops refuse to fire back at him?

Question: When his unit is pulled back for rest and resupply do we order our bombers and artillery units to refuse to hit the area where he is supposed to be?

[Tublecane]

Why invent such silly hypotheticals? Thus discussion is about specifically targeting individuals for assassination, not going out of our way to ensure individuals aren’t harmed in the normal course of warfare. There may be something wrong with the normal course of warfare, and we definitely do kill too many innocents. But the rights of US citizens abroad is another matter.

[Tublecane]

Why invent such silly hypotheticals? This discussion is about specifically targeting individuals for assassination, not going out of our way to ensure individuals aren’t harmed in the normal course of warfare. There may be something wrong with the normal course of warfare, and we definitely do kill too many innocents. But the rights of US citizens abroad is another matter.