From Niccolo Machiavelli and Cardinal Richelieu to George W. Bush and Barack Obama, survival of the state has been the highest priority of political authority. Any means necessary regardless of morality or legality is sanctioned for reasons of state (raisons d’État). In statecraft, the ends justify the means. Demoralize the enemy from within by surprise, terror, sabotage, assassination. This is the war of the future. — Adolf Hitler It is now clear that we are facing an implacable enemy whose avowed objective is world domination. There are no rules in such a game. Hitherto accepted norms of human conduct do … Continue reading Raisons d’État: Justifying Assassination and Murder of American Citizens