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In reply to the discussion: I am not a Democrat. I am a democrat. I oppose drone strikes. [View all]Autumn
(44,762 posts)citizens without due process. No matter where they are at. Who deems an American or a group as a terrorist person or group? How much evidence is required to target an American citizen? Is there a court hearing first? Who decides? Where is the oversight? We as American have the right to due process and for a President to decide he has the power to decide those things is a very dangerous path to take. It's like a person has the power to be judge, jury and executioner.
Do I have trust that Obama would never abuse this? To a small degree I do. But Obama will be gone in four years and this power will linger on. Would you trust President Boehner or Bush or McCain or any Joe Blow off the street elected to the Presidency with this power?
The military use of drones in another can of worms. I think the war on terror is a BS war. Terrorism is a tactic, and you can not fight a war against a tactic. It's abstract. A war should be against a clear threat, otherwise you kill millions of people, ours and theirs to keep getting the number two guy, over and over again. You bankrupt the country to get a few criminals. You have to address the underlying problems and treat terrorists as the criminals they are. The arrest and incarceration of the terrorist who bombed the World Trade Center the first time worked. Timothy MCveigh was a terrorist, I lost a Sister in Law in the OKlahoma bombing , he was arrested tried and executed in a court of law. Due Process works, it's just that that fucker bush seized power and misused it and now here we are.