Reply #72: Care to cite the U.S. statute (or statute in any body of international law)

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that codifies that principle? Who decides what constitutes a 'failed state'? If Pakistan is one such 'failed state,' do you have any concerns about its nuclear arsenal?

How about I just throw Greenwald's essay at you one sentence at a time and watch you stretch ingenuity beyond its natural limits in trying to defend the indefensible?

Here's another sentence from Greenwald's essay:

"Then there's the strange indifference to finding out whether bin Laden was actually captured before executed."

Does it matter to you whether OBL was captured before being executed or do such distinctions no longer matter, provided the action takes place in what you deem a 'failed state'?