The left trying to prove the Right is more evil now, and memes from the right
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They were gonna get there eventually. The next group will probably be unwilling to head out if they got smoked off the shore.
I don't believe in "illegality" in regards to international law. As Clausewitz says, "International law is an irrelevant self-imposition". The better question was should we have done it morally, was it legal under US law, and was it necessary (like you said it isn't).
I can't say for sure that it was necessary given I don't know how effective it was at deterring future drug runs, and what kind of intel we had on it. I don't think it was a violation of US law, but I do think it leans on the side of "yes we should" because there is value in sending a message to the terrorists.