[lbo-talk] Query re legal status of drone attacks

Jordan Hayes jmhayes at j-o-r-d-a-n.com
Wed Jul 15 10:03:23 PDT 2009


In the original post, Ken Hanly writes:


> I have always thought that drone attacks seemed to be a
> violation of any norms of justice since the drone operator
> acts to apprehend, try, and punish all at the same time as
> far as the target is concerned.

How is this different from, say, a sniper team?

As for the territory angle, the only entity that might have a beef would be Pakistan, and they clearly don't have a beef. I agree with Michael Pollak that they are "invited assistance" ...

/jordan



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