Seems a bit like an ex post facto argument to me Alex.
Your original quote suggested "self defence" or "defence ... against violence" as justifications for shooting and killing Bin Laden but nothing has been reported to indicate he was actively plotting further violence.
Doesn't it seem more likely that Bin Laden, as a target of the US state, was deliberately assassinated in a military operation with some degree of lip service to niceties affecting forthcoming media reportage (such as a brief pretence of arrest)?
I don't have a qualified opinion on your other arguments, and I haven't heard any concrete reports on which Pakistani authorities condoned or were kept out of the US operation. There seems to be strong speculation out there that the ISI were in the know on Bin Laden's location for some time.
I'd be very interested in links regarding the definitions of the terms "diplomatic issue", "state actors" and the concepts in international jurisprudence you're applying: I don't know much about it!
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Your original quote suggested "self defence" or "defence ... against violence" as justifications for shooting and killing Bin Laden but nothing has been reported to indicate he was actively plotting further violence.
Doesn't it seem more likely that Bin Laden, as a target of the US state, was deliberately assassinated in a military operation with some degree of lip service to niceties affecting forthcoming media reportage (such as a brief pretence of arrest)?
I don't have a qualified opinion on your other arguments, and I haven't heard any concrete reports on which Pakistani authorities condoned or were kept out of the US operation. There seems to be strong speculation out there that the ISI were in the know on Bin Laden's location for some time.
I'd be very interested in links regarding the definitions of the terms "diplomatic issue", "state actors" and the concepts in international jurisprudence you're applying: I don't know much about it!