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The U.S. asserts the right to prosecute anyone, anywhere, who provides material support to any group they label as a terrorist organization.

Not only is this enforceable, it has been enforced, and people have been assassinated without charge for this crime.

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151556d ago

It helps when you spend trillions annually on your military. Might makes right.

Russia spends a lot less and routinely assassinates foreign critics. India has targeted overseas critics as well.

The size of ones military expenditure does not determine whether a foreign government can kill you, specifically.

The US isn't spending trillions/year on the military, at least not yet. It might crack 1 trillion in the near future.

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