01-15-2020, 12:19 PM
(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.
If it was an "act of war" then it was illegal without Congressional approval.
Killing a high ranking official from a sovereign country is usually considered an act of war.
Think of an officer who enters someone's home and kills a dangerous criminal. Unless the officer can prove there was an imminent threat it is illegal for him to enter the home without approval of a court's warrant.
