[pseudo0]

The alternative was loading up a Coast Guard ship with guys and sending them out to do an interdiction, seizing 11 men, processing them through the American legal system, incarcerating them for decades, and then eventually deporting them. I bet that costs a couple orders of magnitude more than a drone strike. Arguing cost is not compelling in the slightest.

[myvoiceismypass]

This is the same excuse when cops go blazin' in - shoot first ask questions. Look up Amadou Diallo (1999) if you were not around then.

[immibis]

It's cheaper to drone strike a house with an alleged serial killer in it, than to arrest him and then give him a trial to see if he's actually a serial killer or not.

[judahmeek]

What about due process?

[myvoiceismypass]

"Due process for me, not for thee"

[esseph]

Why would we prosecute people in international waters?

I guess the drone strike was fine though! /s