[nelox]

Yes, this is apparently the moment international law finally collapsed. After decades of regime change, covert action, targeted killings, proxy wars, and executive unilateralism carried out by every administration of both parties. What makes this case uniquely intolerable is not the conduct itself, but the failure to dress it up in the usual layers of euphemism and multilateral paperwork. The real violation, it seems, is skipping the rituals.