Iran Situation

[Benton]

(01-15-2020, 12:03 PM)TheLeonardLeap Wrote: Real question, are there really legitimate legality issues?

Soleimani was listed by the US as a terrorist for almost a decade before Trump came into office. I have never heard anyone deny that he is responsible for hundreds of US military deaths and thousands of injured.

Sure we can debate on if it was wise/worth it to kill a foreign leader and that's a valid topic to debate. 

That said, at the end of the day he was a designated terrorist, leader of a designated terrorist organization (a labeling that spanned 3 different US Presidents) who was responsible for killing hundreds of US troops and injuring thousands. That seems pretty open and shut as far as legality goes. It doesn't matter if you're powerful in another country. If you're a non-US Citizen directly going to other countries to arm and train people to murder US troops, I can't possibly see how there's a legality issue.

NK is also listed as a state sponsor for terror.

The terrorist/terror sponsor label has been muted because we apply it to anyone we disagree with. And that's not to say we don't have reasons to disagree with them. But labeling countries as terrorist sponsors or officials of countries as terrorists because our ideals and their ideals run in opposition seems like we don't know WTF the term means.

I may have missed it, though, I thought Trump was the first one to designate Saleimani's group as a terrorist organisation? I thought that's part of what sparked the latest pissing match.