Obama's kill list policy compels US support for Israeli attacks on Gaza | Glenn Greenwald

The US was once part of the international consensus against extra-judicial assassinations. Now it is a leader in that tactic.

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Israel's escalating air attacks on Gaza follow the depressingly familiar pattern that shapes this conflict. Overwhelming Israeli force slaughters innocent Palestinians, including children, which is preceded (and followed) by far more limited rocket attacks into Israel which kill a much smaller number, rocket attacks which are triggered by various forms of...