Re: Simple
"Second, you wonder a bit what you might think if, say, China had Predators
around the world, and was killing people they didn't like. Maybe took a shot at a
carload of 'em outside San Diego."
Well, supposing the Chinese were going after dope dealers, and if they got permission from say the California governor, to operate in the state. And they said they were targeting members of some Russian Mob. And after the carload was wiped out, it was independently confirmed there was explosives and weapons in the car. I would be "ok" with the China doing this- would prefer that my taxes would pay for our own law enforcement and that the Mob hadn't got "so out of control" that they were a miltary threat.