Likewise, there is no evidence that any presumed terrorist who was killed outside of official war zones in the last few years represented a threat so immediate to US citizens’ lives that preventive and premeditated killing was the only option. Unless US leaders prove otherwise in every case, American UAV attacks in countries like Pakistan or Yemen should be called what they are: extrajudicial killings.
9.11事件过去10年后，美国无人机计划已无法再划入第一类反应性自卫的范畴。同样，也没有证据表明过去数年内在正式战区外打死的所谓恐怖分子对美国公民的生命安全造成了直接的威胁，而这种威胁又非得靠预防及预谋性的杀戮来解决不可。除非美国领导人能够一一证明，否则美国无人机在巴基斯坦和也门等国发动的攻击应该还原其法外处决的本来面目。