Killing In Your Name

People really need to understand what has just happened. The United States targeted an individual from a sovereign nation and killed him in another sovereign nation. While some will cheer and rant about terrorists, the reality is that we are witnessing political assassination, an attempt at regime change and cold blooded murder. War is hell. People die in war all the time and that's why some oppose it all the time. But when a nation's leader and his generals use the latest technology to target a specific individual for killing it has to be called what it is - murder.

The hypocrisy of the United States being outraged about foreign interference in its elections is staring everyone in the face. Oh yes it's terrible and not right that foreign countries tried and are trying to interfere in US elections. Somehow though, we believe that it is totally appropriate to be involved in regime change in a country like Iran.

We have to come to grips with the moral questions raised by taking people out with precision missile strikes by drones or planes or ships. We have to come to grips with what our reaction will be when a similar action is taken by an 'enemy' and we call that action barbaric or terroristic. America is not the only one, true country with all of the moral high ground on the planet earth.