Comment on How come the US does not put a bounty on Putin like they did Bin Laden?

xmunk@sh.itjust.works ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

The US (at least by executive order which can always be rescinded) has an official policy not to assassinate foreign leaders:

en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Executive_Order_11905

(See also EO 12036 and EO 12333 for confirming the policy)

Placing a bounty on Putin would probably violate that EO…

More importantly, the US is really fucking hoping Putin dies of old age or is voted out domestically because direct confrontations may result in Putin pushing ze button and launching ze nukes.

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