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To: thejokker

And I might add, a drone strike to an enemy combatant is done extra-judicially. There doesn’t have to be a court ruling that the person is an enemy combatant, doesn’t have to be a finding or decision. Combat orders are in the discretion of some LtCol out there, according to Denise Lind, and when the order is given it MUST be obeyed unless it calls for criminal action. And Obama has said that it is NOT criminal for the US military to kill even a US citizen that THEY CALL an enemy combatant - no evidence or court ruling necessary. It wouldn’t be murder for a LtCol to make the combat order and it wouldn’t be criminal for the order to be obeyed, according to Obama’s own arguments.


60 posted on 06/25/2014 12:53:48 PM PDT by butterdezillion (Note to self : put this between arrow keys: img src=""/)
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To: butterdezillion

Just a reminder: I am the one who is saying that if a US citizen is an enemy combatant but not in the act of attacking, he should be detained by the military and be given due process, including the penalty for treason.

The military should be no “respecter of persons” when it comes to enemy action; a threat is a threat, and an enemy in the White House is even more dangerous than one in an Afghanistan village so having the position of CINC should not SHELTER him from detainment but should make it all the more critical.


62 posted on 06/25/2014 1:03:40 PM PDT by butterdezillion (Note to self : put this between arrow keys: img src=""/)
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