Arbitrary killing in the name of national Interest

[Chinaza Nnabuenyi]

Governments have arbitrary powers that even the Constitution of most countries can't contain or curtail these powers. Sometimes when these killings take place, they are usually done in a failed state. Revolution is often the answer. There's no justification for killing of civilians, let alone children.

[Muna Chizzy]

Arbitrary killing in the name of national interest cannot be justified. Police are meant to protect lives and not destroy them. What is portrayed in this book is actually what is happening in some countries. Where youths are brutally murdered because they are protesting for a systemic change.

[Ochieng Omuodo]

No it's not jistified. I never trust a government even as far as I can throw it! Rush captues the essence of the Vietnam War perfectly in Steve's exchange with his dad descibing it as without objective, noting that Vietnam didn't attack the U.S. Yet, somehow, protesting against the war in unpatriotic? Plus, the Government, by it's acquiescence, was predisposed to killing through, not just the national guard, but also that corrupt Providence police force and administration Rush described in the book. Doesn't this show politicians' interests rather than national ones?

[Emmanuel Odoemena]

No, it is not justified. Believe me when I say that because I come from a country where that is the norm.

Killing in the name of national interest is inhumane. It is against the basic law of nature.

[Perfect Ojonugwa]

It is never acceptable to kill non-violent, unarmed civilians in the name of national security.

[Shandre Michaels]

Killing in the name of national interest is a double edge sword. There are arguments for both sides in that it can be argued that killing is wrong because it's considered a sin but it can also be argued that a murderer being put to death is justified.

[Don Elizabeth Sophia]

No, killing in the name of national interest is not justified. Human life should not mean so little to any organization, institution or person.

[Philp Luvington]

That can never be justified. Any person that justifies that is a monster. The government could have just arrested the people in the book rather than kill them.

[WP Oprah]

I think it depends on a lot of factors. If the people being killed pose no threat whatsoever to the security of the country, then killing them is unjustified. This is where the killing of those children fall into.

[BenjaminFrank]

Murder in the name of national interest is not justifiable. There is no justification for that unless the victims threatened the security of the nation.

[Agatha Bushguy]

Is killing in the name of the national interest justified?
No, no, no. Killing in the name of national interest is not justified. Well they say that to every rule, there is an exception. The only exception is if the people being killed are terrorists.

[Keine Gheyinmi]

I do not believe in arbitrary killing in the name of national interest. It is bad for the country and people in it

[Kendam]

Killing in the name of national interest is not justifiable. It is not right and we should speak against it constantly. The killing of the students was horrible.

[Teresa Emmanuel]

For me, arbitrary killing is a political excuse for committing murder/massacre. Government officials know this, and they play the "national interest" card in order to create an escape route for barbaric acts.

[Flora Posh]

Arbitrary killing is unjustified. No country should go on a killing spree because they feel threatened at all. I want to believe that there are processes to these things. Arrest, and prosecute. That is not so hard.