> We shouldn’t be cozying up to anyone for the sake of it. And we should think twice about what we do with a state blundering its way into the extrajudicial killing club on our own soil.
You just described what US has been doing for the past 7 decades.
> described what US has been doing for the past 7 decades
Well, yes, it's a double standard. But even we didn't try assassinations within the Russian SSR. Again, not because we're righteous. But because we aren't stupid. If we got caught, it would create blowback for us and sympathy for the Soviets. (Also, we weren't courting alliance, investment and trade with the Soviets?)
Like what we're seeing now. Incompetently-executed covert actions. Plenty of blowback. International awareness and with it, sympathy, for a group that previously had neither. (Going out on a limb and guessing this story is being milked for fundraising in the Gulf.)
Where we commonly see extrajudicial activity is in places generally considered lawless and/or powerless. And in most of those cases, I would argue it served to undermine American interests in the long run.
JumpCrisscross|2 years ago
Well, yes, it's a double standard. But even we didn't try assassinations within the Russian SSR. Again, not because we're righteous. But because we aren't stupid. If we got caught, it would create blowback for us and sympathy for the Soviets. (Also, we weren't courting alliance, investment and trade with the Soviets?)
Like what we're seeing now. Incompetently-executed covert actions. Plenty of blowback. International awareness and with it, sympathy, for a group that previously had neither. (Going out on a limb and guessing this story is being milked for fundraising in the Gulf.)
Where we commonly see extrajudicial activity is in places generally considered lawless and/or powerless. And in most of those cases, I would argue it served to undermine American interests in the long run.