Hit Squads To Believe In

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The Only Good Terrorist . . .

Hit Squads To Believe In

By Robert S. Becker

Aligning himself with presidents Kennedy, Nixon, Reagan, and at least one Bushwhacker, President Obama joined an American pantheon that has sanctioned all sorts of overseas shenanigans in the name of national security. Now that’s legacy bipartisanship with a vengeance. Literally.

What sets Obama apart from these notables is not just deciding to terminate an American citizen, a nasty terrorist hiding out in Yemen, but making the endgame so public. Even the notorious Bush staffer John Yoo never explicitly defended political murder by design. The ex-Constitutional law teacher promised transparency – and here it is. I for one endorse taking the fight over there, and without those costly, labor-intensive, endless wars. Behold the empty Bush boast rewritten: “Wanted: Dead or Dead.”

Consider, before you object, the incredible efficiency, savings and self-limiting collateral damage. If not quite painless, like mock suicide in M.A.S.H., political assassination is a great idea whose time has come – and will come again.

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Sure, legal fussbudgets like Salon's Glenn Greenwald yammer about Constitutional improprieties, authorizing shooters to take out unindicted, untried citizens whose alleged crimes neutralize once inherent rights. Considering today’s progressives can’t even influence Democratic Supreme Court nominees, even this brilliant columnist isn’t likely to make Obama quake.

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