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Yeah, did ya get the memo? http://usnews.nbcnews.com/_news/2013/02/06/16870230-4-key-questions-about-controversial-justice-department-drone-memo?lite http://usn
by logn 14y ago
Yeah, did ya get the memo? http://usnews.nbcnews.com/_news/2013/02/06/16870230-4-key-questions-about-controversial-justice-department-drone-memo?lite http://usnews.nbcnews.com/_news/2013/02/06/16870230-4-key-qu...
This isn't about true war and combatant enemies. This is about worst-case-scenario 1984 happening soon by having a perpetual war with a nebulous enemy. Whether you think this is a legitimate worry or not is irrelevant. The President is claiming broad, never before used power. Maybe he can be trusted with this, but no president ever has, and there will be future ones. (He's challenging principles from the Magna Carta http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Magna_Carta http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Magna_Carta which was the basis for various rights of due process in the Constitution)
Also, we drone struck Anwar Awlaki's 16-year-old son from Colorado while he was overseas looking for his father (whom was dead due to another drone strike). When asked about it, the administration (Robert Gibbs) commented, "I would suggest that you should have a far more responsible father". So we go after your family if you've ever been against the US and haven't since publicly renounced that stance. That's cool with you? If it is, keep in mind this is all hypothetical anyhow since nobody's getting a trial.