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WinkyDink

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15. Or, as Nixon stated it, "When the president does it, that means that it is not illegal."

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Wed Feb 6, 2013, 02:53 PM

Feb 2013

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There really is no defense of the extra-judicial killings. There just isn't. [View all] cali Feb 2013 OP

K&R Solly Mack Feb 2013 #1

Congress is going to take it up I believe, however, still_one Feb 2013 #2

Congress could cut off funding for it, just as it did for closing Gitmo Freddie Stubbs Feb 2013 #37

yes, just like they did for Gimo. Excellent analogy still_one Feb 2013 #38

There's really not much more to say. Democracyinkind Feb 2013 #3

If Obama does it it must be ok. Jump on board! n-t Logical Feb 2013 #4

I Don't Think That's the Prevailing Thought Here on DU dballance Feb 2013 #29

disgust kardonb Feb 2013 #30

oh dear. that's an awfully dangerous way of "thinking" cali Feb 2013 #35

Yes, We Must Use Every LEGAL Means of Protecting Our Contry dballance Feb 2013 #36

I was kidding! I think Obama messed up on this one! Logical Feb 2013 #47

No, you don't understand: accusations are evidence kenny blankenship Feb 2013 #5

Kicked... Agschmid Feb 2013 #6

"If a high-ranking administration official does it, it's not illegal." jsr Feb 2013 #7

Or, as Nixon stated it, "When the president does it, that means that it is not illegal." WinkyDink Feb 2013 #15

DURec leftstreet Feb 2013 #8

All the talk of "rights to retaliate against insurgents" and "insurrection" is just legalistic Lydia Leftcoast Feb 2013 #9

+1 leftstreet Feb 2013 #14

+2 daleanime Feb 2013 #18

Thank you. Please make this an OP. nt woo me with science Feb 2013 #19

Yes, Obama could say no. But he is quite un-used to doing so. truedelphi Feb 2013 #28

it's even on TVTropes MisterP Feb 2013 #39

It is NOT that he just isn't saying NO. bvar22 Feb 2013 #54

+5 Egalitarian Thug Feb 2013 #34

K&R please consider reporting this as OP idwiyo Feb 2013 #49

Very well said. n/t intheflow Feb 2013 #53

Who is indefensible? treestar Feb 2013 #59

As I said elsewhere.... FredStembottom Feb 2013 #10

There is if you consider the War on Terror to be an actual war. Well-meaning people kestrel91316 Feb 2013 #11

.... Fix The Stupid Feb 2013 #12

Absolutely mwrguy Feb 2013 #13

Excuse me, but that was a declared war among sovereign states, not an extra-judicial attack WinkyDink Feb 2013 #17

Yes, and the War on Terror is and always has been bogus Lydia Leftcoast Feb 2013 #20

Although I am with you in your statement, let's play truedelphi Feb 2013 #56

+1. n/t FSogol Feb 2013 #16

I suggest reading the memo cali Feb 2013 #22

"Thrown a monkey wrench into Al Qaeda's workings".. SomethingFishy Feb 2013 #31

Thanks cali locks Feb 2013 #21

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

Drone Attack = Act of War triplepoint Feb 2013 #24

Actively guided and less indiscriminate. nt reACTIONary Feb 2013 #57

I agree 100% LostinRed Feb 2013 #25

K&R Fire Walk With Me Feb 2013 #26

Agreed...knr joeybee12 Feb 2013 #27

Totally Agree colsohlibgal Feb 2013 #32

Articles? We don't need no steenking articals!!! Spitfire of ATJ Feb 2013 #33

Some defenses are posted ProSense Feb 2013 #40

No, it's not, but that still doesn't make this policy defensible. cali Feb 2013 #42

You're denying that statements? ProSense Feb 2013 #46

I'm sorry but you are just wrong. Have you read the entire memorandum? cali Feb 2013 #48

agreed. and if Bush was doing this... noiretextatique Feb 2013 #41

Most would not. cali Feb 2013 #43

so agree with you... loveandlight Feb 2013 #44

K&R G_j Feb 2013 #45

K&R woo me with science Feb 2013 #50

I've become a huge Obama supporter, but this is WRONG. liberalmuse Feb 2013 #51

K&R intheflow Feb 2013 #52

Sorry, Cali, but there ARE "defenses" posted all over DU. bvar22 Feb 2013 #55

That includes all people killed in Hiroshima right? treestar Feb 2013 #58

I have serious reservations about Hiroshima BUT... Lydia Leftcoast Feb 2013 #60

I think the term extrajudicial killing is too harsh. AngryAmish Feb 2013 #61