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Holder: Obama could order lethal force in U.S.
Politico44 A Living Diary of the Obama Presidenc ^ | 3/5/13 | JOSH GERSTEIN

Posted on 03/05/2013 2:35:12 PM PST by ColdOne

However, Holder says that in situations akin to the 1941 assault on Pearl Harbor or the September 11, 2001 attacks, the president might have to order the use of deadly force in the U.S.

"The question you have posed is entirely hypothetical, unlikely to occur, and one we hope no President will ever have to confront," Holder wrote. "It is possible, I supposed, to imagine an extraordinary circumstance in which it would be necessary and appropriate under the Constitution and applicable laws of the United States for the President to authorize the military to use lethal force within the territory of the United States. For example, the President could concievably have no choice but to authorize the military to use such force if necessary to protect the homeland in the circumstances of a catastrophic attack like the ones suffered on December 7, 1941, and September 11, 2001."

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TOPICS: Constitution/Conservatism; Front Page News; Government; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: banglist; cnsf; cw2; dhs; doj; drones; efad; ericholder; guncontrol; holder; murder; possecomitatus; randpaul; secondamendment; shtf; styg
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To: MikeSteelBe

It is now shoot first concoct story later.


82 posted on 03/05/2013 8:37:48 PM PST by Huskerfan44 (Huskerfan44)
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To: inpajamas

“What we have today is Pink Nazism.”

Are you referring to the pink triangle worn by homosexuals in the camps, and the book “The Pink Swastika”?

There are many people today in America just as good as the “greatest generation”. My point is that they seem to be getting fewer.

Americans of the 40s and 50s probably would not have elected Jimmy Carter. They surely would not have elected pathologically lying, narcissistic assclowns like Clinton and Obama.

American schools back then would not be teaching studies in the culture of our enemies. Mass killings at schools were not commonplace. Children could roam neighborhoods freely without worries of abduction.

Today’s America is far more morally bankrupt than the 40s and 50s. Our society has gone downhill quickly since they took prayer and the 10 commandments out of schools. Since Roe vs Wade, 10 times as many babies have been killed as the Nazis killed Jews.


83 posted on 03/05/2013 8:48:09 PM PST by MikeSteelBe (Austrian Hitler was, as the Halfrican Hitler does.)
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To: OldPossum

Explore the “Wounded Knee Massacre” to see how firearm confiscation history turned out then.


84 posted on 03/05/2013 8:48:57 PM PST by Huskerfan44 (Huskerfan44)
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To: ColdOne

I thought this would finally be too much for the swine at DU to swallow. Wrong! A few are outraged, but the vast majority are ok with it. Two of their major reasons for supporting this:

1) Cops killed Bonnie and Clyde in an ambush.

2) Lincoln declared martial law during the civil war.


85 posted on 03/05/2013 10:10:52 PM PST by chessplayer
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To: ColdOne; Yehuda

86 posted on 03/06/2013 5:19:48 AM PST by Travis McGee (www.EnemiesForeignAndDomestic.com)
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To: Huskerfan44; Mad Dawgg

87 posted on 03/06/2013 5:22:04 AM PST by Travis McGee (www.EnemiesForeignAndDomestic.com)
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To: Obama_Is_Sabotaging_America

There is a big difference between here and say Iraq/Afghanistan. There the GIs stayed in Green Zones, huge protected bases. Here DHS will not be protected like that. They are normal working stiffs living amongst us. They have to go to work on our streets. They have family and homes amongst us. Things will not go well with the confiscators.


88 posted on 03/06/2013 5:33:08 AM PST by USAF80
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To: Toespi

post 18 was a good answer IMHO.

The GOP should not have ever let up on him, his racist rants, his ignorance of the laws, his pro turd pushing agenda, his lying etc are way out of bounds


89 posted on 03/06/2013 6:45:54 AM PST by manc (Marriage =1 man + 1 woman,when they say marriage equality then they should support polygamy)
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To: Billthedrill

So he would have killed all the Japanese instead of Interning them.


90 posted on 03/06/2013 7:31:44 AM PST by massgopguy (I owe everything to George Bailey)
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To: manc

Why is Holder still there?

Because he does what his masters tell him to do.


91 posted on 03/06/2013 9:02:50 AM PST by DuncanWaring (The Lord uses the good ones; the bad ones use the Lord.)
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To: ColdOne; All

“Then the answer to what you have posed is entirely hypothetical, unlikely to occur, and one we hope no citizen will ever have to confront,”

Throw it right back at them...I mean, as long as we are all being brutally honest and all that...This should be considered a reasonable response to such a hypothetical threat...

Right???


92 posted on 03/06/2013 9:07:51 AM PST by stevie_d_64 (It's not the color of one's skin that offends people...it's how thin it is.)
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To: DugwayDuke
Exactly how would you propose stopping that aircraft ...

I think you can bet the eternal salvation of your soul that contingency plans for that scenario do not involve drones.

93 posted on 03/06/2013 9:46:25 AM PST by DuncanWaring (The Lord uses the good ones; the bad ones use the Lord.)
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To: USAF80

That’s what the DHS’ 2,700 Special Response Team (SRT) troop carriers are for.


94 posted on 03/06/2013 10:29:20 AM PST by Obama_Is_Sabotaging_America (PRISON AT BENGHAZI?????)
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To: Obama_Is_Sabotaging_America

They will have to live in them then. They all have homes to go back too after work. Never attack the enemy where he is strong.


95 posted on 03/06/2013 10:36:48 AM PST by USAF80
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To: USAF80

Logistically difficult, yes.. They will try and draw us out.. Everyone should stay put for as long as tolerable then seek high ground.. Can’t believe we’re talking about this. America made a ‘grave’ mistake in 2008. LITERALLY.


96 posted on 03/06/2013 10:43:54 AM PST by Obama_Is_Sabotaging_America (PRISON AT BENGHAZI?????)
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To: manc

This entire rotten, evil administration needs to be removed before America is dead. The nation is already on life support yet this pompous ass of a phony president continues to thrust his mug Mussolini-style into the lens of as many cameras as possible.

The complicit Congress should be jumping up on their little schoolroom-style desks crying for this traitorous rat and his sewer cronies to get out of town!

Keep it up Congress and you’ll be joining this disgraceful government in exile!


97 posted on 03/06/2013 10:51:23 AM PST by IbJensen (Liberals are like Slinkies, good for nothing, but you smile as you push them down the stairs.)
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To: ColdOne; Fred Nerks

Not much wonder that the transformation( sic) president and his running dogs are waxing fascist, it was predicted by many in 2007, right here on Free Republic. But no one listened, and many thought us nuts.

How do you like Obama NOW?

And Obama wants to pave the way by regulating 2nd amendment rights out of existence? In history, fascists were gunned down by free people. Obama does not forget this and it weighs on him heavily. Right about now Obama should start looking over his shoulder, as history catches up to him.

The Opress is just beginning to awaken to the tyranny at the core of the so called Obama presidencey.

Good Read:

http://www.americanthinker.com/2009/05/barack_obama_the_quintessentia_1.html


98 posted on 03/06/2013 11:12:08 AM PST by Candor7 (Obama fascism article:(http://www.americanthinker.com/2009/05/barack_obama_the_quintessentia_1.html))
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To: Travis McGee

I have a feeling the Damn Yankee troops had nothing to do after the Civil War, so they went on a hell bent murderous rampage against the native Americans.


99 posted on 03/06/2013 12:26:01 PM PST by KTM rider ( Democracy is two wolves and a lamb voting on what to have for lunch. Liberty is a well-armed lamb)
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To: ColdOne

A lot of justification for Extra-Judical Executions, that would not have a chance in hell of surviving in court. That is, if it was ever actually decided on law instead of the political joke for justice we have now.


100 posted on 03/06/2013 1:53:58 PM PST by American in Israel (A wise man's heart directs him to the right, but the foolish mans heart directs him toward the left.)
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