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In reply to the discussion: Wow... It Gets WAAAY Worse... 'Whom Can The President Kill ?' - TheNewYorker (We Are Now Nixon) [View all]OldDem2012
(3,526 posts)46. It's morally acceptable to me to not have to send in US troops to do the same job....
....as a drone can do, but run the risk of US casualties or worse. Additionally, using a drone is far more preferable to me than using an airstrike that will cause a large number of civilian casualties, far larger than that caused by a missile from a drone. I also don't have a problem with firing a missile at an American who has chosen to take up arms against the US....he or she has forfeited any rights under the 6th Amendment.
What got us into this current mess can be laid directly at the feet of Bush II for getting us into Iraq under false pretenses, and choosing to occupy Afghanistan instead of eliminating the bulk of Al Qaeda and Osama Bin Laden when we first had the chance.
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Wow... It Gets WAAAY Worse... 'Whom Can The President Kill ?' - TheNewYorker (We Are Now Nixon) [View all]
WillyT
Feb 2013
OP
Beg to differ, alas! One of my best summers was spent watching the Watergate Hearings! Oh, and
WinkyDink
Feb 2013
#21
Was it worth it to have Nixon/Ford/Reagan/bush/Bush and possibly Bush,jeb in 2016?
graham4anything
Feb 2013
#58
This article states that the policy goes back to the Nixon Administration, but guess what?....
OldDem2012
Feb 2013
#11
Hmmm. I thought we were talking about the US policy of overseas assassinations....
OldDem2012
Feb 2013
#44
Exactly my point. Thanks for seeing it. Can't just blame the President for this policy. nt.
OldDem2012
Feb 2013
#45
Because if it was bad when dealing with foreign entities we were at war with
Nuclear Unicorn
Feb 2013
#50
Have you lost all sense of reason? "They did it too" is what children say to excuse their bad acts.
Egalitarian Thug
Feb 2013
#65
It's morally acceptable to me to not have to send in US troops to do the same job....
OldDem2012
Feb 2013
#46
Unless the 6th Amendment has been rewritten in the last few seconds, the 6th Amendment....
OldDem2012
Feb 2013
#69
Cambodia was one of the articles of impeachment against Nixon (in committee)
cthulu2016
Feb 2013
#17
Because they've bought the Fear Propaganda. "In An Emergency, Shred This Document."
WinkyDink
Feb 2013
#24
How can we be sure this is not used in the US against any group deemed a terrorist organization?
dkf
Feb 2013
#27
This may come as a surprise to a lot of people, but we've been in a state of....
OldDem2012
Feb 2013
#71