The justification of these attacks is self-defense and the laws of war that the targets are supposedly combatants. Nations per se are not involved. This is the war on terror. I have always been bothered by the fact that the legal discussion of drones assumes that because the war on terror is called a war the laws of war apply. It would be interesting if the same reasoning were used to target drug dealers, or murderers as part of the war on drugs or war on crime.
Cheers, ken hanly Blog: http://kenthink7.blogspot.com/index.html Blog: http://kencan7.blogspot.com/index.html --- On Wed, 4/7/10, Michael Perelman <[email protected]> wrote: > From: Michael Perelman <[email protected]> > Subject: [Pen-l] drones > To: [email protected] > Date: Wednesday, April 7, 2010, 12:29 PM > Has any nation ever claimed as > legitimate the right on to attack > virtually any nation that he chooses? Would the US subject > if Cuba were > used drones to attack its enemies in Miami? Or the Chinese > to attack a > gathering of Falun Gong teachers? > -- Michael Perelman > Economics Department > California State University > Chico, CA 95929 > > Tel. 530-898-5321 > E-Mail michael at ecst.csuchico.edu > michaelperelman.wordpress.com > _______________________________________________ > pen-l mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.csuchico.edu/mailman/listinfo/pen-l > _______________________________________________ pen-l mailing list [email protected] https://lists.csuchico.edu/mailman/listinfo/pen-l
