Posted on 10/02/2011 3:09:26 PM PDT by Starman417
Barack Obama ordered the assassination of two American citizens. No one is arguing that they weren't bad, but this is a terrible precedent.
An American President now can order the assassination of American citizens.
An American President can now suspend any American's constitutional rights at will.
Think about that.
Why did we give Timothy McVeigh a trial?
Why don't we just kill Case Anthony? We all know she's guilty.
Why do we even bother having trials?
Over at Huffington Post there is division on this issue. They quote Jane Harman:
"It's tricky that he was a U.S. citizen, but he clearly stated his intention to kill Americans and the Justice Department thoroughly vetted the legal issues and this strike was within the law,"
The Justice Department vetted this? Holder vetted this?
That borders on insanity. This is the same Holder "Justice Department" who put an end to the Black Panther intimidation case. The is the same Holder "Justice Department" which intentionally sent weapons into Mexico. This is the same Justice Department that sues states for attempting to protect their borders. This is the same "Justice Department" that wants a civil trial for Khalid Sheik Muhammamed.
HuffPo is allowing no comments that question Obama's decision to assassinate an American citizen. I suspect that even they know how wrong this was.
What is the threshold for ordering the death of American citizens?
Joe Biden likened Tea Party members to terrorists.
Vice President Joe Biden joined House Democrats in lashing tea party Republicans Monday, accusing them of having “acted like terrorists” in the fight over raising the nation’s debt limit, according to several sources in the room.Biden was agreeing with a line of argument made by Rep. Mike Doyle (D-Pa.) at a two-hour, closed-door Democratic Caucus meeting.
“We have negotiated with terrorists,” an angry Doyle said, according to sources in the room. “This small group of terrorists have made it impossible to spend any money.”
Biden, driven by his Democratic allies’ misgivings about the debt-limit deal, responded: “They have acted like terrorists.”
Golly, if they're terrorists, then Obama can have them killed, right?
(Excerpt) Read more at floppingaces.net...
Obama has changed his views on (remember when):
- Reading field combatants their Miranda rights.
- Closing of Gitmo.
- Military trials (Gitmo) vs. Civil trials (New York). - Indefinite Detention.
- Enhanced Interrogation techniques.
- The Patriot Act. Wire tapping is just wrong.
- The Iraqi surge. - Attacking sovereign countries. Iraq was wrong. But bombing Libya, Yemen and Pakistan is OK.
- Killing American citizens and denying them their 5th and 14th Amendment rights.
Obama when he first came into office wanted to call the War on Terrorism a “Manned Made Disaster”
He changes the rules on this daily just like he does on almost everything. And that is what is wrong with his leadership skills.
The only thing they haven’t changed their view on is water boarding.
Finally some people are starting to “get it” other than Ron Paul.
What about the other U.S. Born citizen?
Two U.S.-Born Terrorists Killed in CIA-Led Drone Strike
http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2011/09/30/us-born-terror-boss-anwar-al-awlaki-killed/#ixzz1ZUunmMrr
Oh, they would never do that! They couldn't. We're good! Really. As long as they're killing people we don't like, it's fine and dandy.
Jumpin’ Yemeni!!
Like Waco or Ruby Ridge? I’m glad Al Awaki is dead. Hopefully Gaddan or whatever his name is will be next. Would love to see that.
Does anyone honestly believe that if President Bush had been faced with the same situation that he wouldn’t have made the same decision?
I really would love to impale Obama for everything he says or does, but this just doesn’t do it for me.
Talk to the hand, ‘cuz the face ain’t listening.
Interesting that you mention those.
Obviously that was Big Mama Janet Reno showing us VRWC members who was in charge.
I really expected Eric Holder and the Baraqqis to do something similar early on in their reign and very surprised it hasn't happened.
Homeland Security Declares Christians are Terrorists!
http://www.sodahead.com/united-states/homeland-security-declares-christians-are-terrorists/blog-59077/
LOL!!!!!
Great Pun!!
Waco and Ruby Ridge come to mind.
When you lie down with dogs, you wake up with fleas. Khan freely joined forces with our enemies and, as an apparent US citizen (very different from Awlaki), abdicated his rights to a trial of his peers when he sought to kill Americans or destroy the country of his birth.
The rules of warfare are very clear and have not changed considerably during the past 100 years or better. Khan aligned himself with our enemy with whom we are at war. That made him an enemy combatant who becomes a legitimate target. Under these circumstances, he's not entitled to the "niceties" of arrest and trial.
The ACLU is only interested in the care and wellbeing of our enemies. That’s why someday we will have to indict them and convict them and dispose of them.
What nonsense. You can’t have trials for those you cannot bring into custody.
You commit crimes against US citizens, and remain in US lands, you will be arrested by law enforcement.
Al Alawki’s situation was much different.
Vince Foster?
BHO has a phony-balony piece of paper that says HE was born in Hawaii. About as valid as the raghead immam’s!
BHO has a phony-balony piece of paper that says HE was born in Hawaii. About as valid as the raghead immam’s!
Any one he wants.
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