YOO: The President Has LEGAL RIGHT TO ORDER MASSACRE OF CIVILIANS

[kpete]

John Yoo: president has legal right to order massacre of civilians
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Fri Feb 19, 2010 at 05:36:16 PM PST

The following excerpt is from the OPR Final Report (Huge PDF) on the OLC's legal justification for CIA torture (p. 64):



more:
http://www.dailykos.com/storyonly/2010/2/19/838828/-Joh...

[LiberalFighter]

1. Yoo is a civilian. Let's start with him.

[Rhiannon12866]

16. +1

[G_j]

2. sure!

now that's an evil person

[FiveGoodMen]

3. That's what I focused on as well.

And Obama is not going to go after him.

[ncteechur]

6. Just writing an opinion that may be unpopular or even wrong is not criminal.

Even if what he said was true, the commander-in-chief should have the wisdom and show restraint to not do what Yoo says he can do.

Just because you can doesn't mean you should.

[depakid]

4. No more evil than those who wilfully fail to hold such people to account.

[G_j]

7. agreed

that remark just made my hair stand up.

[naaman fletcher]

5. Is that much different than Dresden or Hiroshima?

I think Yoo's point is correct from a legal basis (that is just a gut reaction, am open to opposing argument). Of course, one thing that makes me really mad is that we don't declare way any more, that blurs the civilian vs. commander in chief duties of the President.

[Snow Bird]

8. Actually no it's not

Both FDR and Truman did just that. It might be argued that carpet bombing in 'Nam and Clinton's air raids on Serbia would constitute exterminating civilians. What about drone missiles taking out wedding parties?

[L0oniX]

9. So Hilter was cool too huh?

[Snow Bird]

10. Oh I think you could draw a distinction between rounding up

and interring civilian populations and bombing in time of war. After all FDR ordered the round up and internment of American citizens after Pearl Harbor.

[Wizard777]

18. Apparently the Nuremberg Trials were a grave Miscarriage of Justice.

Speaking of which. Does Mr. Yoo have any case law to support his opinions?

[Rick Myers]

11. I want 5 minutes in a room with Woo and a power drill.

He's be a new man after that...I bet his philosophy would take a 180...

[Rosa Luxemburg]

12. Milosevic?

war crimes -

[Solly Mack]

13. I'm more outraged that war criminals are protected in America

[Imagevision]

14. I'm more outraged that Obama's crew is starting to be no different then the Bush/Cheney cabal very

pissed!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[Odin2005]

15. Sociopath.

[G_j]

17. yes, it seems sociopathic behavior is OK today

even something to be aspired to..