Trump Assassinations

Recently, Donald Drumpf (US President) authorised the assassination of an Iranian General, Solemani, by a Drone in Baghdad.

Two camps formed shortly after.

Those who thought Drumpf's action was correct and good.

And those who thought Drumpf got it wrong.

The argument of the former is that all bad people should be killed, full stop.

The latter argue that all actions have consequences and in this case the consequences are worse than inaction.

An issue poorly addressed is the principle behind all bad people must be killed no matter what.

It is no surprise that the Iranians are now in the process of vengeance.

Iran has already responded by attacking US forces in Iraq as an act of revenge. They are likely to continue.

The problem with the principle of killing all bad guys not matter what is its childish short-sightedness.

The assassinated party was not someone like Bin Laden who was not representing the policy of a sovereign state.

Sovereign states are different from individual terrorists. They play an integral role in global peace efforts. Thus, the assassination of General Solemani was an attack against the sovereign state of Iran.

A similar assassination occurred in Sarajevo on 28 July 1914. And look what happened. World War 1.

And that was a non-state actor!

If we believe that on principle all bad people should be killed despite the consequences, then we should expect a negative reaction from all those who believe in considered global policy and the principles of justice: e.g. fair trial.

Not all bad people are acting on their own authority. Some of them represent, by their actions, the polciy of sovereign nations who are privileged with internationally supported rights.

Drumpf has attacked Iran. This horrible nation is ready to defend itself and in the same way the US is ready.

Some bad people are tools of sovereign nations. You can break the tool, but the tool is not the problem. Why an actor has the tool is the problem.

The tool is broken. The actor has another tool on standby. How well did you address the problem?