If Bergdahl was engaging in military operatons against Americans than I would not have a problem with taking him out. We might still have 5 Taliban officers in
Gitmo.
I’m all for impeaching 0bama but I have no issues with any president waging war against our enemies who are attacking Americans and American interests. If Americans choose to join the other side than I have no problem treating them the same as any other enemy soldier.
I think this is talking about situations where we don’t have proof that they are attacking anybody because their claimed action is not actually physically attacking. And there is no accountability. With Bergdahl, for instance, there was evidence that he was helping the enemy and evidence that he joined them voluntarily. If we had done a drone hit on him it would have been done through the military and there would have to be records on what was done - records which could be brought out in court-martial if somebody was accused of killing him wrongly. Obama is talking about no accountability, if I’m understanding correctly. It’s done in total secrecy unless Obama wants to brag about it publicly. The ones he doesn’t want anybody to know about - the ones that could be sheer political hits - can’t/won’t be disclosed, and nobody can do a thing about it. Just like US citizens the regime considers “belligerent” can be detained indefinitely with no charges filed, and nobody can get any information on what is going on. The regime gets to define “belligerent”. So maybe we better switch our discussions to include “Peace Be Upon Him” every time we use the name Obama, just to make sure we’re not labeled “belligerent” by the regime...
This might all seem academic to some, but to me this is real-time. How do I know that my friend who has gone missing hasn’t been offed by the regime? They could easily call him “belligerent” for helping me, and they’ve justified secretly offing people for that reason.
This issue cuts REALLY close to home. Keep in mind that this regime has labeled those who favor small government as “potential terrorists” who need close scrutiny...