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In reply to the discussion: Apparently this is the breaking point, [View all]tomp
(9,512 posts).....my post is about drone strikes, too. the point is not about anyone personally but about the logic of deciding someone can be summarily executed. i just provided a logical extension of obama's decision. i find people generally bristle at logical extensions.
if you are the sort of person who can remove self defense from your repertoire of behaviors when under threat of death to self or loved ones, then i salute you. that's not me, however. i believe in the right to defend oneself against unjustified attack. i also believe that the u.s has been in a state of virtual war since the end of wwII (at least), and none of it has been justified, i.e., defensive. it has ALL been offensive, imperialist aggression. i also believe that the u.s. gov't lies to its people all the time, and that the official story on Al-Queda and the attacks of 9/11 is a lie, and that we know very little absolutely about what is really going on behind the scenes of imperialist intrigue.
therefore, obama's order, which grants virtual carte blanche to assassinations of american citizens, is simply an extension of imperialist foreign policy.
then, we simply enter Kent State or the occupy movement into the discussion and my point should hit home.