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cali

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35. oh dear. that's an awfully dangerous way of "thinking"

Wed Feb 6, 2013, 04:30 PM

Feb 2013

And I put thinking in quotes because it doesn't seem that you were doing much more than mouthing cliches.

"We MUST use every means to protect our citizens, and our country" has been used to justify some of the most horrendous human rights abuses in history.

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There really is no defense of the extra-judicial killings. There just isn't. [View all] cali Feb 2013 OP

K&R Solly Mack Feb 2013 #1

Congress is going to take it up I believe, however, still_one Feb 2013 #2

Congress could cut off funding for it, just as it did for closing Gitmo Freddie Stubbs Feb 2013 #37

yes, just like they did for Gimo. Excellent analogy still_one Feb 2013 #38

There's really not much more to say. Democracyinkind Feb 2013 #3

If Obama does it it must be ok. Jump on board! n-t Logical Feb 2013 #4

I Don't Think That's the Prevailing Thought Here on DU dballance Feb 2013 #29

disgust kardonb Feb 2013 #30

oh dear. that's an awfully dangerous way of "thinking" cali Feb 2013 #35

Yes, We Must Use Every LEGAL Means of Protecting Our Contry dballance Feb 2013 #36

I was kidding! I think Obama messed up on this one! Logical Feb 2013 #47

No, you don't understand: accusations are evidence kenny blankenship Feb 2013 #5

Kicked... Agschmid Feb 2013 #6

"If a high-ranking administration official does it, it's not illegal." jsr Feb 2013 #7

Or, as Nixon stated it, "When the president does it, that means that it is not illegal." WinkyDink Feb 2013 #15

DURec leftstreet Feb 2013 #8

All the talk of "rights to retaliate against insurgents" and "insurrection" is just legalistic Lydia Leftcoast Feb 2013 #9

+1 leftstreet Feb 2013 #14

+2 daleanime Feb 2013 #18

Thank you. Please make this an OP. nt woo me with science Feb 2013 #19

Yes, Obama could say no. But he is quite un-used to doing so. truedelphi Feb 2013 #28

it's even on TVTropes MisterP Feb 2013 #39

It is NOT that he just isn't saying NO. bvar22 Feb 2013 #54

+5 Egalitarian Thug Feb 2013 #34

K&R please consider reporting this as OP idwiyo Feb 2013 #49

Very well said. n/t intheflow Feb 2013 #53

Who is indefensible? treestar Feb 2013 #59

As I said elsewhere.... FredStembottom Feb 2013 #10

There is if you consider the War on Terror to be an actual war. Well-meaning people kestrel91316 Feb 2013 #11

.... Fix The Stupid Feb 2013 #12

Absolutely mwrguy Feb 2013 #13

Excuse me, but that was a declared war among sovereign states, not an extra-judicial attack WinkyDink Feb 2013 #17

Yes, and the War on Terror is and always has been bogus Lydia Leftcoast Feb 2013 #20

Although I am with you in your statement, let's play truedelphi Feb 2013 #56

+1. n/t FSogol Feb 2013 #16

I suggest reading the memo cali Feb 2013 #22

"Thrown a monkey wrench into Al Qaeda's workings".. SomethingFishy Feb 2013 #31

Thanks cali locks Feb 2013 #21

Bush used the same excuse, "fighting them over there, so we don't have to fight them over here". Tierra_y_Libertad Feb 2013 #23

Drone Attack = Act of War triplepoint Feb 2013 #24

Actively guided and less indiscriminate. nt reACTIONary Feb 2013 #57

I agree 100% LostinRed Feb 2013 #25

K&R Fire Walk With Me Feb 2013 #26

Agreed...knr joeybee12 Feb 2013 #27

Totally Agree colsohlibgal Feb 2013 #32

Articles? We don't need no steenking articals!!! Spitfire of ATJ Feb 2013 #33

Some defenses are posted ProSense Feb 2013 #40

No, it's not, but that still doesn't make this policy defensible. cali Feb 2013 #42

You're denying that statements? ProSense Feb 2013 #46

I'm sorry but you are just wrong. Have you read the entire memorandum? cali Feb 2013 #48

agreed. and if Bush was doing this... noiretextatique Feb 2013 #41

Most would not. cali Feb 2013 #43

so agree with you... loveandlight Feb 2013 #44

K&R G_j Feb 2013 #45

K&R woo me with science Feb 2013 #50

I've become a huge Obama supporter, but this is WRONG. liberalmuse Feb 2013 #51

K&R intheflow Feb 2013 #52

Sorry, Cali, but there ARE "defenses" posted all over DU. bvar22 Feb 2013 #55

That includes all people killed in Hiroshima right? treestar Feb 2013 #58

I have serious reservations about Hiroshima BUT... Lydia Leftcoast Feb 2013 #60

I think the term extrajudicial killing is too harsh. AngryAmish Feb 2013 #61