It’s blunt instead of vague, brash instead of evasive, bold instead of cautious. And yet the word obfuscates as much as old defense jargon. By Nitsuh Abebe “Maximum lethality, not tepid legality.” The ...

Two men clinging to the fiery remains of a partially destroyed boat are not enemy combatants, they are simply surviving criminals. And intentionally killing survivors, whether in war or a law ...