The disconnect by Americans re violence in Syria is sickening.

[joshcryer]

129. No it doesn't.

It isn't totally clear why charges aren't filed. It's probably mostly due to reparations and political backroom dealing, but it could also be that there is intelligence sharing and that ultimately targets are legitimate (no state will protect belligerents and the Geneva Conventions specifically say that they don't get protection).

In the event of complicity then it is not the acting state that is at fault but the state which allows its own people to be wholesale murdered. Drones aren't exactly invisible, they can be easily shot down. There are in fact anti-drone war politicians in Pakistan who are for shooting down American drones.

Complaining is meaningless, politicians talk a lot of talk, it's when actual actions are done that tell you the story and so far no ICC filings have been made, much to my dismay.