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Cont: The Russian invasion of Ukraine part 6

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But now I'm curious: If Ukraine thought it would help their war effort, and they thought they could actually do it, would anyone here object to them assassinating Putin, on the grounds that it's "extrajudicial" or "a violation of due process" or "inhumane" or something like that?
 
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But now I'm curious: If Ukraine thought it would help their war effort, and they thought they could actually do it, would anyone here object to them assassinating Putin, on the grounds that it's "extrajudicial" or "a violation of due process" or "inhumane" or something like that?
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Nah, though I'd wonder if the greatest punishment for Putin would be for him to be forced to watch as Ukraine went from success to success whilst Russia sank back to utter inconsequentialiity.
 
Putin is the supreme commander of thr Ruscist military and zhus, as an active combatant, a legitimate military target. The operational and tactical choices for the military operation that aims to take him out are secondary.

All that changes if and when he gets captured: then the protections of the laws of war for POWs apply. Which of course do not prevent him from being tried for war crimes, crimes against humanity, and the crime of beginning an offensive war.
I assume that in a situation where a mob would get a chance to lynch him, he is already captured and therefore protected.
 
On the other hand, if an angry mob happened to storm the prison bus, overturn it, and light it on fire with him trapped inside, I might not be inclined to prosecute the ringleaders too harshly, nor investigate too closely the lapse in security. Slaps on the wrist all around, probably.
 
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