Rand is at least a bit consistent, but still DEAD WRONG on this case. Rand got on Obama’s case because Rand believes that carry a blue passport (American) gives you the right to go to foreign countries and openly train, and teach others, for Jihad back in the US. And since his dad is still alive, there’s a bit of that too (think Lindsey Graham before and after McCain ‘left the Senate’).
Lee is just nuts. I guess his point is that if the leader of more terrorists than anyone else in the world has some symbolic government position, he should be allowed to continue running operations that include planting roadside bombs to kill Americans - perhaps unless we see him actually holding up a couple of TNT sticks, or something.
What neither of them seem to understand is that THEY are the reason we have to fight these irregular wars, as the terrorists know that we’ll play by the old rules (think WW2). Thankfully, Trump plays by different rules, the rules of the terrorists.
I don't think that's their point at all.
Their issue is the Administration won't just say "we killed him because he needed killing", they insist on saying he posed an imminent threat to hundreds or thousands of Americans.
Trump wants legal cover.
Lee and Paul are saying if you want to say you did everything by the book then you need to provide some evidence.
Trump can say he did what's right and screw the War Powers Act, but instead he's trying to have it both ways - ignore the act but claim he didn't.