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avoutos | 1 day ago

It's remarkable to me how many seem to forget there is "morality" apart from "legality". Even if this does violate some treaty somewhere, we need not wring hands over the death of an objective dictator.

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palmotea|1 day ago

> Even if this does violate some treaty somewhere, we need not wring hands over the death of an objective dictator.

We absolutely should. It's a key principle of international law that brutal regimes should not be disturbed, until an opportunity for a regime change brokered by international lawyers presents itself in a century or two. Moral legitimacy comes from international law, and international law only.