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In reply to the discussion: I am not a"Loyal Member of the Democratic Party" I am a Democrat [View all]JoePhilly
(27,787 posts)reason.
As for "those that fear the office of the president" you seem to think DU is the world. You might want to check in with the right wing ... they LOVED the idea of giving Bush such powers, and now they are TERRIFIED that Obama might use them.
As for war crimes ... was the Dresden bombing a war crime? Hiroshima? Nagasaki?
And yes, I'll argue size matters. Each of those were defended as OK because, while many died, they prevented "more" from dying. As did the WWII interment camps, apparently. Obama could Nuke Yemen, or not.
My point is simple ... no President is giving up such powers. And no Congress is going to take them back (they provided them in the first place).
And the next President, regardless of party, will not be giving them up.