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In reply to the discussion: There really is no defense of the extra-judicial killings. There just isn't. [View all]Logical
(22,457 posts)4. If Obama does it it must be ok. Jump on board! n-t
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There really is no defense of the extra-judicial killings. There just isn't. [View all]
cali
Feb 2013
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Or, as Nixon stated it, "When the president does it, that means that it is not illegal."
WinkyDink
Feb 2013
#15
All the talk of "rights to retaliate against insurgents" and "insurrection" is just legalistic
Lydia Leftcoast
Feb 2013
#9
There is if you consider the War on Terror to be an actual war. Well-meaning people
kestrel91316
Feb 2013
#11
Excuse me, but that was a declared war among sovereign states, not an extra-judicial attack
WinkyDink
Feb 2013
#17
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