01-03-2020, 04:24 PM
(01-03-2020, 04:16 PM)bfine32 Wrote: IDC if he were the Supreme Leader; if he is the head of an organization we classify as a Terrorist organization then he is the leader of a terrorist organization. WE have not classified Iran's Army as a terrorist organization; only the part that targets civilians.
And as you keep failing to acknowledge is what other countries consider us should have 0 bearing on our actions when it comes to safeguarding our citizens.
We will see if this holds water with the international community. What did they do when we classified them as a terrorist organization.
International Community "US why did you kill him?
US: "Because he was the head of a terrorist organization that was targeting US citizen and was an eminent danger."
International Community: "Didn't you realize he was a General in another sovereign country?"
US: "That's their problem, not ours"
We don't get to classify other governments however we want and blow them up without repercussions, as much as you may like to think so. We kill civilians every month all over the world, we just killed 30 pine nut farmers in Afghanistan in September. Classifying our military as a terrorist group really isn't far-fetched in fact the CIA funds plenty of terrorist groups all over the world, you remember the whole Contra issue? We funded terrorists in Afghanistan during the cold war, right? Syria we funded rebel forces (terrorists) fighting against an established government. So on and so forth we are as guilty of doing the same thing they do, again the difference is we are us and they are them and that's all that matters to most people.
What other countries consider us is pointing out that "terrorist" is relative and therefor shouldn't be any sort of cart blanche reasoning for doing whatever you want. When you kill a government official it is an act of war, we will see how they handle it but calling everything "terrorist" related as a reason to jump into military action is a very dangerous way of doing world politics.
