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In reply to the discussion: The Million-Ton Gorilla [View all]jeff47
(26,549 posts)35. So why are you trying to give citizens magical protections?
It's equally bad regardless of the target's citizenship.
At the same time, there's nothing requiring due process outside US jurisdiction.
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I won't waste my vote in protest like some did in 2000. Just say NEVER AGAIN.
graham4anything
Feb 2013
#1
People shouldn't have tossed LBJ aside in 1968. Might have been 53 straight years & counting
graham4anything
Feb 2013
#4
Nixon sabatoged the peace talks. Fact. Reagan sabatoged the hostages. Fact.
graham4anything
Feb 2013
#8
Gawd, you are so historically and politically illiterate I'm not even going to bother to educate you
MadHound
Feb 2013
#10
no, its the ones that blame our President, that are attempting to shift the blame
graham4anything
Feb 2013
#40
Yep, after all, the choice was Romney (or any Repuke) or a centrist, moderate "Republican"..
Katashi_itto
Feb 2013
#52
We are eminently disposable, commodities to the global 1%. The question, as
coalition_unwilling
Feb 2013
#6
It amazes me that people think this is a new practice/tactic being used by our Govt.
JaneyVee
Feb 2013
#9
Please link me to material regarding our previous standing assassination programs
Democracyinkind
Feb 2013
#51
Obviously the way to defuse these concerns about Obama's arbitrary execution powers
kenny blankenship
Feb 2013
#11
They may have had the power, but they were never bold enough to claim it was legal
Bonobo
Feb 2013
#21
It's side tracking to point out foreigners dying to the same attacks are just as horrific?
jeff47
Feb 2013
#29
I'm not and yes, there is something preventing non-citizens be killed at the discretion of the POTUS
Bonobo
Feb 2013
#38
Jeff is saying what I was saying above, this is nothing new. Would it make you feel better if
JaneyVee
Feb 2013
#25
All war is a lack of morality. I just can't seem to work up the paranoia about this because
JaneyVee
Feb 2013
#34
Yup. I would vote for a 3-4-5-6-7-8 term. Wish they would change the rules however
graham4anything
Feb 2013
#62
I do not support the idea that any president can order the murder of an American citizen.
JDPriestly
Feb 2013
#47