Posted on 01/04/2020 11:39:18 PM PST by grundle
Harvard Law School Professor Emeritus Alan Dershowitz said Thursday evening that President Donald Trump had even more legal authority to eliminate Qassem Soleimani than former President Barack Obama had to take out Osama bin Laden in 2011.
“[Soleimani] was a combatant,” explained Dershowitz. “There’s no doubt that he fit the description of ‘combatant.’ He [was] a uniformed member of an enemy military who was actively planning to kill Americans; American soldiers and probably, as well, American civilians.”
“It was the right thing to do,” he added. “It was legally justified, and I think we should applaud the president for his decision. We send a very powerful message to the Iranian government that we will not stand by as the American embassy is attacked — which is an act of war — and we will not stand by as plans are being made to attack and kill American soldiers.
Dershowitz continued, “I think every president who had any degree of courage would do the same thing, and I applaud our president for doing it, and the members of the military who carried it out, risking their own lives and safety. I think this is an action that will have saved lives in the end.”
“President Obama would have done the same thing if the shoe were on the other foot, if he could prevent the killing of American soldiers by killing a combatant,” estimated Dershowitz. “[The president doesn’t] need congressional authorization, or any legal authorization … The president, as the commander-in-chief of the army is entitled to take preventative actions to save the lives of the American military. [Donald Trump] didn’t threaten a war. He didn’t start a war.”
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Epstein didn’t kill himself.
Sick Osama had been cut off from Al Queda for years by (the still alive) Zawahiri, and was eating cheetos and watching porn in a messy apartment in Pakistan, giving no orders and planning no attacks. His death meant nothing but revenge. Salami was an active threat, who needed to be vivisected.
Except if Obama has done it, the left would’ve been jumping for joy over our “fearless” leader’s actions.
No party invites for another year.
But he's a democRAT so why is that? Why doesn't he switch parties and just admit his views align better with the Republicans rather than the democRATS?
He's a big defender of the president. He just seems to be on the wrong side as far as the politics go. He claims he voted for Hillary but she had all kinds of negatives in her column.
Or is there some other underlying motive in play here?
Is he involved in the Epstein pedo ring and looking to get in Trump's good graces for a pardon when the SHTF?
He also seems to be an honorable man which definitely puts him at odds with Democrats.
Perhaps he is stuck on family tradition. I have known a few people that remain Democrats more or less because their family have always been Democrats.
According to a whistleblower there was considerable material found with bin Laden establishing that al Qaeda’s relationship with Iran was more extensive than previously thought.
Never forget.....Biden opposed the Bin Laden raid.
ROFL
The sad thing for Dershowitz is that he’s no longer invited to those elitist cocktail parties on Martha’s Vineyard.
Hellfire, good. Cash, bad.A well directed hellfire beats a pallet of cash anytime in keeping people off the lawn at the local embassy
Maybe he is liberal on social issues but conservative on fiscal and foreign policy issues.
William Shatner had the best bit of all during his Comedy Central roast.
“My good friend...George Takei,...perhaps...the bravest man...in Hollywood. Japanese...and gay. Can you imagine him even trying to say...glory hole?
This kind of teenage girl statement isn’t helpful.
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