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   ODon said, 4 months ago

   A bad guy with a bomb vs a good guy with a drone?
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   Chillbilly said, 4 months ago

   I think droning people is every bit as damaging to our long-term interests as waterboarding.
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   mikefive said, 4 months ago

   @

   O is hanging right in there with Bush, dectra, Read what happened to habeas corpus in the 2012 defense appropriations bill.
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   Ms. Ima said, 4 months ago

   Liberals work hard at taking away freedoms. That’s their job.
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   mikefive said, 4 months ago

   “…nor be deprived of life, libery, or property, without due process of law;…

   RIP Amendment V
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   sw10mm said, 4 months ago

   Add US citizens in the US to the list now.
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   jack75287 said, 4 months ago

   I don’t get this one. I don’t know anyone going around talking about how bad drones are. Sorry it is how we fight wars at least in part. Bush started it and Obama expanded on drones in war. Do you want to endanger more people?
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   ninety_nine_percent said, 4 months ago

   Right Michael, like a Republican president would not do the same. GW Bush and Obama have not daylight between them on this topic.
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   lonecat said, 4 months ago

   @Chillbilly

   I agree.
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    charliekane said, 4 months ago

    Drone strikes by President Romney would have been courageous acts in defense of our country. This is hard for Ramierez, because Obama does not fit the narrative here.
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    mikefive said, 4 months ago

    @jack75287

    What they are doing with drones is being done somewhat quietly, as in allowing them to execute American citizens abroad who are “suspected” of being “enemy combatants”. You can find more information by using " drones courts american citizens " in a search. That court ruling kind of scraps the fifth amendment as I noted above.
    As for another item, the ubiquitous they are quietly allowing police to use drones in contradiction to the fourth amendment which states “The right of the people to be secure in their persons, houses, papers, and effects, against unreasonable searches and seizures, shall not be violated….”. A search using " police drones " will give you more information on this, but it’s basically spy planes on the citizens.
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    Gypsy8 said, 4 months ago

    We can start to call ourselves civilized when there is a stop to illegal wars, shock and awe, torture, and drone strikes. And while we’re at it, eliminate the term “war on terror” which is a contrived term to sanction escalating the retaliation on criminal acts.
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    icky mudd said, 4 months ago

    @Gypsy8

    ’How about the “War on[some]Drugs”.
    Ha,haa. only tools support that.
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    braindead08 said, 4 months ago

    But it’s okay if a Republican does it.
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    dtriedel said, 4 months ago

    ^ Of course; how quickly we forget.
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