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In reply to the discussion: America Is Preparing to Murder Its 5th Citizen by 'Remote Assassination' [View all]sabrina 1
(62,325 posts)said a lot of things that have turned out not to be true. A matter of life and death generally, at least in democracies, requires more than 'I trust the Government, if they say so, it has to be true'.
Millions of people said that when Bush/Cheney told them Iraq was going to blow us off the face of the earth. I didn't believe it. I don't believe this either. I don't believe ANYTHING without evidence.
'The government should release his name'. How do you know it isn't a woman? Or a figment of someone's imagination in order to justify all those tax payer dollars we are spending to 'make us safe'. Which btw, was supposed to take only 'a month, maybe a few months at most'. The Government told us that also.
But it's 12 years later. There were no WMDs. And until I see absolute proof, having learned over the past number of years, that the Government, most recent example, Clapper eg, often lies, I believe NOTHING.
AND if this person exists, if they have proof of a crime worthy of death, then why don't they try him in court so we all get to see the evidence?
A US Citizen is still innocent until proven guilty under our laws.
Or have we dispensed entirely with the Rule of Law which is what makes a nation CIVILIZED, not some tin pot dictatorship which is where this kind of does happen.