Please remember this conversation as you fade to black, having been found in the sight picture of someone else.
In the mean time, read this, carefully (I agree with it almost completely). You willingness to accept this policy is a danger to you and everyone around you.
What I’ve been saying is that it’s legal (whether we like it or not), and that in some cases I agree with offing those who are a clear and present danger. Collateral damage being what it is, one can always wish that collateral deaths hadn’t occurred when one of the bad guys was taken out.
In any case, Carry, you and I probably aren’t going to change one another’s opinion, but I do think you’ve been more than fair and gracious in this discussion.
Hope you have a great Lord’s Day tomorrow!
I finished the link. Thanks for providing it. It’s a good read.
The author suggests that the 2001 Joint Congressional Authorization is limited by that terrorist act of 9/11. He might like to think so, but the fact is that the authorization had no end date, and the “organization” that perpetrated it STILL exists and others still provide it aid and comfort, AND it is still threatening and killing our citizens.
So, the organization in question still confronts us with present and future threats.
The author is correct that congress could lead on this and put together a real counter-terrorism plan (and provide an end date to the 2001 Authorization.)
One more point...I totally agree with the author that Obama and Holder are grossly hypocritical on this. They were the one’s screaming loud and long over war powers, detaining prisoners, etc.
Their only reason for being in the argument is for the sake of political advantage.