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Showing Original Post only (View all)Melissa Harris-Perry: Obama Administration Has Institutionalized 'Perpetual War' - HuffPo [View all]
Melissa Harris-Perry: Obama Administration Has Institutionalized 'Perpetual War' (VIDEO)HuffPo
Posted: 02/10/2013 11:44 am EST | Updated: 02/10/2013 11:55 am EST
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Melissa Harris-Perry was alarmed over President Obama's drone policy on Saturday, lamenting the country's "perpetual war state" and alleging that Obama has expanded some of policies put in place by George W. Bush.
The MSNBC host was reacting to a controversial Justice Department white paper, which says that the U.S. can legally order the killing of Americans if they are suspected of being senior Al Qaeda members. Harris-Perry noted that while on-the-ground fighting in Iraq has largely ended, she said that there are still special forces units and drone strikes being carried out in war zones a development she said indicated the country's never-ending state of war.
"The perpetual war state ignited in response to the September 11th attacks has become an institutional apparatus that needs no particular provocation," Harris-Perry said, adding that kill lists and "imminent threat" have become "entrenched protocols" since 2001. "Counterterrorism policies put into place under President George Bush have been continued and robustly expanded under President Obama," she alleged.
Harris-Perry alleged that despite Obama's calls for the contrary, his administration has largely institutionalized "perpetual war."
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Link (w/Video): http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/02/10/melissa-harris-perry-drones-obama_n_2657457.html
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Melissa Harris-Perry: Obama Administration Has Institutionalized 'Perpetual War' - HuffPo [View all]
WillyT
Feb 2013
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"The whole aim of practical politics is to keep the populace alarmed...
Tierra_y_Libertad
Feb 2013
#3
Sorry, but the concept of "perpetual war" was initiated with the founding of the CIA in 1947....
OldDem2012
Feb 2013
#15
Another "in-depth" analysis from a pundit with one of the most boring shows on MSNBC. nt
EastKYLiberal
Feb 2013
#31