The administration has made little secret of its near-total reliance on drone operations to fight the war on terror. The ironies abound. Candidate Obama campaigned on narrowing presidential wartime power, closing Guantanamo Bay, trying terrorists in civilian courts, ending enhanced interrogation, and moving away from a wartime approach to terrorism toward a criminal-justice approach. Mr. Obama has avoided these vexing detention issues simply by depriving terrorists of all of their rights—by killing them. (emphasis added)
for full OpEd: http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052702303665904577452271794312802.html?mod=WSJ_Opinion_LEADTop
FYI; John Yoo worked for the Bush DOJ, and was one of those targeted by the Obama administration regarding their legal memorandums that greenlighted what the Obama White House has deemed “Torture”.
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June 12, 2012 at 5:46 am
Interested Bystander
Hey All,
But when you have to detain these folks for DECADES before Justice is served, and when you were against these folks being detained in the first place, doesn’t it make sense that you take no prisoners?
I am totally against using these drones. I think they are the judge, jury and executioner.
Of course I don’t agree with how wars are conducted now, so it only goes that I am against these.
And now they are being used in Iowa and Kansas AGAINST farmers.
It’s ridiculous