APA Format Persuasive Essay: Operation Geronimo
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The Lovely Grape
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Geronimo 2
Abstract
The legal approach and sight of Operation Neptune spear on May 12, 2011 resulting in the death of the former Al Qaeda leader Osama Bin Laden has been under scrutiny for some time now. The legal actions of the law of war and Geneva conventions taken by former president Barrack Obama on the covert mission have also. The author believes that the president took direct action using all of his resources at hand to their full potential
Everyone is inherently instilled with a moral compass that guides them through right and wrong. When you become president of the united states you will have that compass tested and must be able to trust that your actions such as the ones the author is about to speak about are just, legal, and of absolute necessity. Operation Neptune Spear took place in Abbottabad Pakistan. The raid to capture or kill Osama Bin Laden was one of great scrutiny for the president and was not the only time that an operation/mission was attempted on Osama Bin laden. This mission was carried out by an elite group of American Navy seals. It was scrutinized and deliberated about by the president and his trusted advisors. Strict mission guidelines were put in place and followed.
The key assumption is that the USA is in an armed conflict with Al Qaeda, the Taliban and associated forces, in response to the 9/11 attacks, and may use force consistent with its inherent right to self-defense under international law. Consequently, Koh asserted that in this ongoing armed conflict, the USA has the authority under international law to use lethal force to defend itself, including by targeting certain persons such as high-level Al Qaeda leaders who are planning attacks. Moreover, he claimed that a state that is engaged in an armed conflict ‘or’ in legitimate self-defense is not required to provide human targets with legal process before it may use lethal force against them. During the past four years, other high-ranking officials also elaborated on these matters and substantiated the position originally presented by Harold Koh. (1)
The president took all aspects into consideration, the legalities in involved were long and stringent. Putting extreme pressure on his decision-making process. The author believes that the morality of assassination for the president was extremely difficult, and tested his moral compass not only as a person but the leader of a nation. When you are making a decision to possibly end the life of another person whether they are a terrorist or not morality plays a large role in your decision-making process. The fact that the world will know of your decision and that you alone had the authority to stop or proceed will be viewed and scrutinized for years to come. You must have solid evidence, facts and be willing to face the
https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/israel-law-review/article/has-justice-been-done-the-legality-of-bin-ladens-killing-under-international-law/56B645C939ABE4CB3E87E28F8E85D22D
The New Yorker, an unnamed senior US Department of Defense (DOD) official admitted that the bin Laden raid ‘was one of almost two thousand missions that have been conducted over the last couple of years, night after night’; and John Brennan, Barack Obama’s former counterterrorism adviser and current director of the Central Intelligence Agency, told the magazine that ‘penetrating other countries’ sovereign airspace covertly is something that’s always available for the right mission and the right gain’.
http://www.newyorker.com/reporting/2011/08/08/110808fa_fact_schmidle
A policy guideline on standards and procedures for the use of force in counterterrorism operations ‘outside the United States and outside areas of active hostilities’, which was released in May 2013, is particularly reflective of that approach.
http://www.whitehouse.gov/sites/default/files/uploads/2013.05.23_fact_sheet_on_ppg.pdf
The considerations expressed in the guideline suggest that certain persons who pose a ‘continuing, imminent threat’ to the USA can be killed, if necessary, irrespective of their individual status under international humanitarian law (IHL) or human rights law. Three different categories of persons who may be potential targets are listed in the guideline: (i) individuals belonging to a belligerent party to an armed conflict; (ii) individuals who are taking a direct part in hostilities during an armed conflict; and (iii) individuals who are ‘targetable in the exercise of national self-defense’.
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