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And so what new status quo are you suggesting by this?
Ben Laden was a well known terrorist and the US never hid the fact that they went there and did that. If the same is happening here, why isn't India coming up clean and saying "yes we killed this guy because he was responsible in XYZ grave crime and sorry not sorry". That would at least be comparable to the "US/Ben Laden" parallel you're trying to make.
By the way, many “intrajudicial” killings are not justified either.
The situations are different because in the case of Ben Laden, the intent of the US was well known and publicized, and there was an international warrant for his arrest, and the US never denied responsibility. As such I don't think it makes sense to compare the situations as if they were equal and that it represents an application of dual standards.
I'm not saying it was ok (or not ok) to go for Ben Laden. I'm saying it's not a comparable situation.
> By the way, many “intrajudicial” killings are not justified either.
That's a political position which is defensible and thoroughly debated.
So only India needs to do say aloud we are going to kill xyz and that is ok. No reputation lost am I right.
Whether it's ok or not is a different matter. But it is definitely _different_ if you tell the whole world "if we find this person, and you don't hand them over and we have a warrant, we will kill them on your territory or not".
In this case, whoever is harboring the person of interest knows fully what's coming, and isn't going to be surprised by it. Citizens of the country might be unhappy about it, but they will understand that this was coming, and it was a risk and the government decided that they were going to run that risk.
Whereas killing someone of little significance and pretending like nothing. That's the stuff Russia does. So yes it's different, and the reputational impact is different.
> No reputation lost am I right.
No, you're not right and I'm not saying this.
Your orginal assessment is correct. Extraterrestrial are not justified and it applies to West as well and foremost USA. Whatever Russian have done I assume USA has done worse. That is its reputation!
I think you're simply not aware of the facts in this case. The Indian govt certainly appears to have done the first part of what you said, including putting out an Interpol notice.
https://www.tribuneindia.com/news/punjab/canada-allowed-hard...
Meanwhile the Canadian govt lied about when he got Canadian citizenship, first stating on Twitter it was 2015, and the next day that it was 2007.