• PugJesus@lemmy.world
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    1 year ago

    Assassination is when members of a militant organization we’re in armed conflict with are killed, I guess.

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      Any “military aged male” killed by a drone strike is counted as an “enemy combatant,” even when there’s not a shred of evidence.

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        1 year ago

        I have. Numerous times. Is this the “US citizens must be taken for a trial even when waging war against the US” or “Collateral damage is assassination” argument?

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          The USA should stopp mass murdering village elders, farmers and so on, because they had been at the same location as someone else. The USA killed ten thousands without a single proof of them being guilty of anything. The USA also killed the families (including small children) of many of these innocent people.

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            Ah, the second option. So it has nothing to do with assassination at all, and that word is just being used for shock value. Great. Good talk.