Unless the Constitution really is a suicide note, any American who joins al Qaeda or any other terrorist group that has avowed to attack us should have no more legal rights than any enemy we face on the battlefield. But since the 9-11 attacks, Congress, two presidents, and the courts have tangled us up in so many legal and policy knots that we’re now parsing terrorist ranks and duties to determine whether the enemy can be subjected to lethal attack.
We’re fighting a war that isn’t a war, Congress having only declared an “Authorization for Use of Military Force,” and only against al Qaeda, not all the terrorists who are engaged in war against us. We’ve not defined the enemy — radical Islam and all its adherents — and haven’t decided to fight the war in a manner calculated to win it decisively. So we are losing, as Iraq, Afghanistan, Pakistan, Egypt, Iran, and Syria — to mention only the top-ranking terrorist nations — are proving daily.
The controversy surrounding President Obama’s death-by-drone policy is the latest example of our refusal to deal with the reality of the war. It’s a legal contortion that should be unnecessary and would be if Congress had had the courage to declare war. It concludes that American-born al Qaeda leaders can be killed on order of any high-level administration official.
This is enough to drive even Obama’s most liberal allies nuts. In the confirmation hearing on John Brennan’s nomination to be CIA director, Sen. Ron Wyden (D-OR) objected to the president’s ability to kill American citizens overseas, saying that every American has the right to know when his government has decided to kill him.
Brennan had no answer other than to say that killing Americans who belong to al Qaeda is a last resort. But is it constitutional? Is it legal? Should anyone care?
Read More at spectator.org . By Jed Babbin.
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Obamanation is, indeed, the enenmy of the American people. He’s set himself up as “god” as dictator against our will. I believe Congress and the courts are complicit with this fraud in our White House. When he goes down I think a lot of other people may go down with him.
Americans, take a good look at Barack Hussein Obama and his radical past. Any individual that derives pleasure from brutally murdering innocent women and children by drones as well as threatening United States citizens is clinically insane and a full blown LUNATIC. He has no verifiable legitimacy in making decisions on any matter in the White House much less murdering innocent citizens in America. First it starts with the guns and because of legitimate resistance from American citizens, he feels threatened and decides to implement and falsely justify drone killings. The right thing to do ? I belive every USA citizen is now aware of the right thing to do and that is to protect ourselves from Government in any way we can.
What’s your position on the murders Bush did? Is it OK to murder tens of thousands of women and children in Iraq? Were they OK in your view? Where were the WMD? Bush started the decline of the USA! Obama is giving us credibility once again.
If there were US citizens who are terrorists and he did nothing about it you folks on here would be all over him like a redneck on a corn dog!
At least with drones there are fewer civilian casualties. And look on the bright side, soon you can buy your own drone because you have your 2nd Amendment right to own a drone.
The great thing about this site and the other clone sites are that when they come to get your guns, they’ll know where you live
Sleep tight
Hey there Truthiness, your already sounding as if your one of BO’s gestapos. Haven’t read your history? When no one is left, they will come for you too. And if your done blaming Bush, like your Puppet Master still does, BO “promised”, (yeah, like we fall for any of those), that he would not use drones on American citizens on American soil. Guess you haven’t been paying much attention to the story about Chris Dorner, have you? Well, just FYI, they are using drones to try and “find” him. Yes, an American on American soil. They have said repeatedly that they would use any means available to them, (which does include drones), to “get” him. Now, you can take that any ol way you like. It may be a “test”. But we won’t know the outcome until it happens, will we? But, if this man is taken down by a drone, rest assured, the news so-called media will never report it anyway. Oh, and hope you didn’t buy too large of soda lately, as that might just put you on the terrorist list also. Anyone can be considered a terrorist under BO’s regime. So, think about that one.
~Sweet Dreams~
Obama is a fraud. He is a Muslim and a Marxist. He is helping the Muslim Brotherhood fulfill their caliphate. The first thing to do is unite the Arab countries. That was the purpose of the Arab Spring which obama instigated. Remember, obama was a community organizer who was known for “agitating” the crowds. In other words, he was a communist who got crowds to believe they were victims of some sort in order to agitate them to change the laws in a way that the left favored. He also spent formidable years in Indonesia as a Muslim. He buddies up to thugs, radicals and Muslims. He is one of them. Obama is the enemy.
if anyone thinks that drone bombings in America by our Government is ok, then he/she should face the bomb head on. Our children may be within the bomb blast area, your parents may be in the area and what if you are in the area? What in the world is this administration thinking. IT IS NOT OK to kill innocent bystanders just because you want to be a dictator. It is time this Obama face the nation about his treason and be removed from office, permanently.
All American patroits had best “organize and make thier plans” ASAP. When B.O. “makes his move” with his Jack booted DHS S.S. guards to sieze all weapons and arrest or kill all opposition, it will be too late to organize. B.O.’s first order will be to shut down all sources of information and communications. Arrest all licensed “Ham Radio Licensed Operators”, shut down all cell phone satillites and phone systems. Carrier pigens will be the only quick communications avaible. This will be followed by shutting down all movement of all vehicles. No food, no water, no energy. After a few weeks, when people are weakened, he will sick his nazi dogs on the people, round them up and fill his already waiting “FEMA concentration camps” with them. At least 126 camps are ready. Each holding many thousands. They can then be easily “starved to death”. No need to waste ammo or tie up his assault troops. This “nightmare” is real, and will happen before the next presidential elections. Obama has no plans to run again. Just stay in the white house and order “political ethnic cleansing of america”.