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   Ms. Ima said, 3 months ago

   That’s his goal on the 2nd term. And it’s well underway.
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   Chillbilly said, 3 months ago

   Great picture! Good job (Steve) Benson.
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   Justice22 said, 3 months ago

   The targets are terrorists, not Americans. They seceded when they joined al Qaida which has declared war on the U.S.
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   masterskrain said, 3 months ago

   My question is this…Who got us into this whole “Global War On Terrorism” mess and quagmire in the first place?
   Hint…it WASN’T Obama…
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   Bruce4671 said, 3 months ago

   Boy you guys are all wet. The question is, IF the president has the authority to target a US Citizen and have that person executed without the benefit of due process in a foreign country does that extend to citizens on American soil.
   
   Yes, the man in question was born in the USA and subsequently moved to Yemen and was a terrorist leader of some fame. He was a “traitor”, an “enemy combatant”.
   
   But are we or are we not a nation of laws?
   (Amendments 5, 6 and sec 1 of 14)
   
   There is no pretense of “capture, arrest and trial by a jury of your peers” when using a drone to eradicate an enemy.
   
   So then, as the “white paper” suggests, the designee of the president may make the determination that a “citizen” is a terrorist, is engaged in terrorist activity and is an imminent threat to national security and authorize that “citizens” execution.
   
   Seems to me to be a tad bit to much power in the hands of the government.
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   PocketNaomi said, 3 months ago

   @Mojoandlouise1

   How would you know what the targeted Americans did or didn’t do? We’re not allowed to know their names or what criteria were used to decide whether or not they were worth killing. Are you really prepared to take the government’s word for it — not just this government, but any government; whoever may happen to end up in power? If so, I’ve got a beautiful bridge you might wish to consider for purchase, just off Manhattan and with terrific views.
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   DrCanuck said, 3 months ago

   @Bruce4671

   Bruce4671 said, “But are we or are we not a nation of laws?”

   
   You are not. You are a nation of the gun.

   
   I so clearly remember lecturing to my West Virginia university students in 2001 that they now live in a country where they can be arrested, imprisoned, tortured, executed, “disappeared,” sent to foreign countries, and all without benefit of legal counsel or obligation to notify your family, and all under the SUSPICION that you might do some undefined “something” against America in the future and simply because the president labelled you “terrorist.” Yes, the Patriot Act.

   
   The Conservatives in the class stated they trusted Bush to use the law wisely, until I pointed out that even though Bush had put it all in place, any future Democrat president could also use it. Sudden silence.
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   echoraven said, 3 months ago

   good toon
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   Kylie2112 said, 3 months ago

   @DrCanuck

   Bingo. Republican says something…“Hey, that’s what we need, even if it violates our principles!” Democrat continues with it…“Hey, what happened to the Constitution?!”
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    Uncle Joe said, 3 months ago

    @Mojoandlouise1

    The TSC can’t even keep a clean “no fly” list. Once you’re hit by a drone, there’s no appeal.
    
    There were military tribunals for the Gitmo prisoners, but they were held in secret & didn’t follow US or International laws & treaties. There haven’t been many politicians interested in Gitmo, other than to oppose moving prisoners to their districts. I have no idea who you think is more worried about Gitmo than Sandy Hook.
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    Uncle Joe said, 3 months ago

    @HOWGOZIT

    Back in January 2009, Obama signed an Executive Order to close down Gitmo. Then he discovered no State was willing to take the prisoners.
    
    Let’s hear what you think should be done with the Gitmo prisoners, smart guy.
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    Ionizer said, 3 months ago

    @Mojoandlouise1

    “What baffles me is that certain pols are upset about this and want answers, yet barely said a peep when Sandy Hook took place. A few terrorist anti-Americans vs 26 murdered innocents?”
    
    How did you jump from Sandy Hook to terrorists? Do you think there should have been a drone attack on the SH shooter before he went to the school? Sounds like it to me.
    
    Let’s see. We give all the protections of our Constitution to people who are here illegally and commit a crime (which we should), and yet you’re in favor of removing that protection from a citizen because you think he deserves killing. You’re a nut case.
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    ansonia said, 3 months ago

    @Uncle Joe

    Since when did obama do anything based on what States want?
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    Or are you saying that obama is so stupid he did not figure out that no state would want them at the time he was campaigning for votes on that issue?
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    ansonia said, 3 months ago

    @masterskrain

    Are you under the impression that after 9/11 we should have just said, “Please go away terrorists! We don’t want you to hurt us anymore!” and that would have worked?
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    ansonia said, 3 months ago

    @Mr. King

    You need to flag your own troll post.
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