[spamizbad]

This is problematic because one of the underpinnings of western liberalism is the notion of Rule of Law: that, at the end of the day, we are all bound to the same rules.

[mgfist]

We're not all bound to the same rules and laws. For example, the president of the US can decide to kill with near immunity.

[whimsicalism]

We're all bound by the rule: "if you are president of the US, you can kill with near immunity."

[HDThoreaun]

Right, and one of those rules is "heads of state are exempt from all rules". Otherwise Obama would be getting sued for ordering drone strikes and we can't have that.

[Veen]

Relations between states and heads of states aren’t governed by laws determined by western liberalism, much as some would like that to be the case.

[Joker_vD]

They are governed by the rules determined by whoever decides what the hell exactly "the rules-based international order" is — or rather they're not, much as some like that to be the case.