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Sorry, I didn't catch that.See my post above. My point is the hypcrisy on both sides is disgusting.
1. "Where an informed, high-level official of the US government has determined that the targeted individual poses an imminent threat of violent attack against the United States."
Well it's not necessarily a "license to kill", that is the problem. Governors have the power of life and death in their hands, and the President is authorized to full executive powers within the confines of the Constitution. It's the unchecked power without oversight or balance that is the problem. Our system was designed to set faction upon faction to check each other. Here (like in so many other areas), the President apparently believes that system to be too confining for all the "fundamental change" he wants to make to America.
I think we might but AM had this up since 5am.....so I didn't get back until later in the evening. Which is why I am hitting it this piece up. Are the others worded in the same with the same piece? If so, maybe we can get them merged.
I agree with you.....everybody should be concerned.
The conservative response in the Bush era was "If you don't have anything to hide, you have nothing to worry about".
Samir Khan (left) and Anwar al-Awlaki, both U.S. citizens, were killed in in Yemen by an American drone strike.
Of the scores of people dubbed terrorists and taken out by American military drone strikes, three men -- all killed in the fall of 2011 -- were U.S. citizens.
And their lives illustrate the complexity of the issue, recently brought to light amid a newly discovered government memo that provides the legal reasoning behind drone strikes on Americans.
Anwar al-Awlaki and Samir Khan were killed by a missile strike in Yemen on Sept. 30, 2011, while al-Awlaki’s son, Abdulrahman, was killed in the country just weeks later.
Since the attacks, family members have called the deaths unjust and sued the U.S. government, calling the killings unconstitutional.
But the most controversial drone strike took place on Oct. 14, 2011, when 16-year-old Abdulrahman was killed by U.S. forces.
Family of the Denver-born teenager say he had no ties to terrorist organizations and was unjustly targeted because of his father.
Nassar al-Awlaki, grandfather of Abdulrahman and father to Anwar, said he tried to protect his grandson as Anwar al-Awlaki’s profile grew.
In December, Nassar al-Awlaki told CNN, “In Anwar it was expected because he was under targeted killing, but how in the world they will go and kill Abdulrahman. Small boy, U.S. citizen from Denver, Colorado.”
The Obama administration has remained mostly mum regarding Abdulrahman's death, and at times has struggled to explain it.....snip~
American drone deaths highlight controversy - U.S. News
16 years old! Team Obama must have thought the kid would come for revenge.....huh?
While the White House continues to deny that such memos exist, NBC is reporting that it has acquired the next best thing: A secretish 16-page white paper from the Department of Justice that was provided to select members of the Senate last June.
Whew ... good thing W Bush's Justice Dept didn't write anything like that or there'd be hell to pay.
Whew ... good thing W Bush's Justice Dept didn't write anything like that or there'd be hell to pay.
Hi bubba - are you liking the new site? Have you been able to post any of your cartoon commentaries?
Yep, I get into debate's a fair amount with my hard left friends and they about burst a vein when I show them how Obama has not only embraced but has expanded the Bush Doctrine. I keep asking you were so outspoken and protested GW, where are you now when Obama is expanding it? If they respond it's only the same excuses the Bush supporters gave .....
Reality, same asshole just a different mask
Whew ... good thing W Bush's Justice Dept didn't write anything like that or there'd be hell to pay.
the media would be all over this if it was Bush doing it.
I'm betting this "leak" was just another way for this corrupt Administration to get it's message out.
Of course when they "leaked" about Obama being killed it led to the deaths of a lot of Seal Team 6 members.
Guess when they killed that young American non-terrorist teen with a drone strike they let their fascism get a little too bold for now.
Bush got a couple of murderers wet and the media went nuts.the media would be all over this if it was Bush doing it.
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Of course when they "leaked" about Obama being killed it led to the deaths of a lot of Seal Team 6 members.
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... there's a thread started by someone very close to me that addresses both of your comments ... or is it comments of both of you ... or is it...aw hell, just look at the thread
http://www.debatepolitics.com/us-constitution/150900-do-you-have-know-did-decide-if-its-right.html
here hereLet me be the first to welcome you to the new site Wayknow - hope you like it here as much as I do - have fun!
was that a freudian slip or.....................
Moderator's Warning: |
If Anwar had a son he'd look like Samir
Samir Khan (left) and Anwar al-Awlaki, both U.S. citizens, were killed in in Yemen by an American drone strike.
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Mr. Moderator, what on earth does that mean?
Moderator's Warning: Another thread merge
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