The outrage caused by Rory Stewart's suggestion that jihadis should be killed is a bit late. UK gov has been extrajudicially killing UK citizens in Syria since ~2013. Seems it does this because the men are dangers but the evidence against them is not permissible in a court of law
And this itself is open to gov discretion. Hence, a gov can carry out an extrajudicial killing of any of its citizens, and if it claims self-defence, it can essentially get away with it.
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Not really. Legal rationale has nothing to do with self-defense; it's war, like I said--and bkack-letter international law.
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Again, that's simply false. Read this: https://www.theguardian.com/world/2015/sep/07/drone-british-citizens-syria-uk-david-cameron …
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Now if we were to start using drone strikes, or kicking down doors and just shooting people, HERE AT HOME, that would be another matter.
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