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by ncr100 216 days ago
> They are military combatants actively waging war against the US

That is false. They're civilian. They are not proven to be "foreign military powers".

And in the case I'm misunderstanding what is written, above, perhaps this is a semantics issue?

I'd suggest perhaps "militarized" ..

I agree the direct/indirect death is true, deriving from these peoples' behavior. That in and of itself does not make them a military, but certainly a threat. And legally there is a due-process for handling that threat - missile strikes are not legal, here.

And there are lots of threats, with many ways that are appropriate to handle. For example, lots of people kill lots of other people, too - e.g. Trump killed 400,000 of us in his first term (mis-led us around COVID risks / mitigation), and has killed 600,000 foreigners in his second term (USAID sudden shut-down w/o replacement), that makes a MILLION DEAD ...

... given that, does this mean Trump deserves to be physically attacked by our military's missile command? I'd say "no, he should face legal action for his predictably hazardous mis-leadership."

- https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2021/11/new-revelations...

- https://www.newyorker.com/culture/the-new-yorker-documentary...

==> "As of November 5th, it estimated that U.S.A.I.D.’s dismantling has already caused the deaths of six hundred thousand people, two-thirds of them children."