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In reply to the discussion: America Is Preparing to Murder Its 5th Citizen by 'Remote Assassination' [View all]kwassa
(23,340 posts)83. I don't have a big problem with drone strikes ...
for an American citizen to get targeted at all means that they are very far out on their personal war against America.
This is actually one area I tend to trust the government in, and I don't trust the government very much.
The fact is, drone strikes is a strategy that has been very successful at reaching the heads of terrorist organizations while reducing the potential deaths to American servicemen, always the sign of a successful military strategy. It has been, by and large, the only successful strategy against most of these terrorist organizations.
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xchrom
Feb 2014
OP
Source: U.S. debating targeted killing of American terror suspect overseas
struggle4progress
Feb 2014
#98
If a Republican president was about to do this, it would have 200 recs before
bullwinkle428
Feb 2014
#7
Was Bush president in 2011? We don't have to wonder what the reaction on the Left would be
sabrina 1
Feb 2014
#16
Your link was to one of your own OPs from 2011. Which didn't match at all, the
sabrina 1
Feb 2014
#21
How do you know any of this? I don't know that such a person even exists. The Government has
sabrina 1
Feb 2014
#47
No one has to TRY to be outraged about just what you stated. You outlined the
sabrina 1
Feb 2014
#70
The definition of "waging war" has become as nebulous and useless as that of "terrorism".
Maedhros
Feb 2014
#64
And the people who operate torture dungeons where even those we admit are innocent
JoeyT
Feb 2014
#112
the term American citizen is dubious. It has long been established that if you leave the US and take
okaawhatever
Feb 2014
#12
Who is this person you are confidently condemning to death? A 16 year old teenage American maybe?
sabrina 1
Feb 2014
#20
Incorrect. You must take up arms against USA with the INTENTION of relinquishing US nationality.
Vattel
Feb 2014
#22
Hasn't it been ruled that leaving the country and participating in actions against the US is
okaawhatever
Feb 2014
#28
Bad headline. America isn't going to murder anyone with a drone; Obama is.
DesMoinesDem
Feb 2014
#24
Hey! Where's that DUer who goes on Fox News to tell us why drone killing is A-OK????
Romulox
Feb 2014
#25
Is that the same one that goes to freeperville so they can tell us what freeps are saying?
L0oniX
Feb 2014
#36
Should we ask them real nice to come back from that Taliban training camp to stand trial? nt
okaawhatever
Feb 2014
#41
I wouldn't say we are "replacing" our historic system of trial by jury with one that depends on the
okaawhatever
Feb 2014
#44
Other than obvious deserters during the heat of battle, yes, I think all American soldiers should
ladjf
Feb 2014
#52
Many DUers seem to trust Obama with the unilateral power to decide to execute someone,
Nye Bevan
Feb 2014
#62
This "murder by drone" has got to stop immediately. It disregards the Constitution in a flagrant
ladjf
Feb 2014
#38
I think they wrote something into the laws they put in place about 'due process'. John Adams eg
sabrina 1
Feb 2014
#48
That's soooo 18th century. We have to "look ahead". Like we did with CIA torturers.
Tierra_y_Libertad
Feb 2014
#51
In WWII, there were a number of American Citizens of German descent who returned to Germany and
Agnosticsherbet
Feb 2014
#54
I'm always shocked to read American's exceptionalism on this issue. As if different laws should
msanthrope
Feb 2014
#73
Actually, the Fifth Amendment applies to all persons under U.S. jurisdiction . . .
markpkessinger
Feb 2014
#86
And so does the AUMF of 9/18/2001. You've also made a fatal mistake about the 5th....
msanthrope
Feb 2014
#113