Check out # 27 .
Thanks. thouworm.
Posted on 10/05/2016 12:13:57 PM PDT by Lorianne
President Obama warns in a new interview of a future in which a U.S. president could engage in perpetual covert wars “all over the world.” But he claims that the accountability and transparency measures he is instituting will make that less likely.
In the interview, with New York magazine’s Jonathan Chait, Obama expressed agreement with one of the most salient critiques of his drone war, that it risks creating “institutional comfort and inertia with what looks like a pretty antiseptic way of disposing of enemies.” Obama explained that he had looked at “the way in which the number of drone strikes was going up and the routineness with which, early in my presidency, you were seeing both DOD and CIA and our intelligence teams think about this.”
He continued: “And it troubled me, because I think you could see, over the horizon, a situation in which, without Congress showing much interest in restraining actions with authorizations that were written really broadly, you end up with a president who can carry on perpetual wars all over the world, and a lot of them covert, without any accountability or democratic debate.” The president expressed a sense of urgency to rein in these powers that seems particularly appropriate given that both candidates for the White House have indicated receptiveness to intensifying the use of military force abroad, with Donald Trump going so far as expressing openness to killing the families of suspected terrorists.
Really?
Man...if that’s not psychological projection I don’t know what is.
...says the Drone Lord.
It’s already started. He will be in our faces for the next forty years. News shows, late night shows; probably even cameos on t.v. shows (I probably shouldn’t give them ideas).
I am still amazed that we don’t see the cops or the DHS droning folks here in the US.
Gee, worried that future presidents will follow his example.
“He’s worried a future GOP president will continue his policies? Hmmm, that would be bad.”
“Yeah, if anyone other than him did it, they might screw up.”
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LucyT: sighing...reminder ping:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Disposition_Matrix
I believe he meant to say that he is worried that he will be “droned”. What a pathetic, preening loser.
Check out # 27 .
Thanks. thouworm.
The democrat party always screws up a war we won then they lose it and start other wars leaving millions dead or wounded. Then they blame republicans.
Demonrats are terrorists. Drone ‘em.
Elect Trump/Pence and Her Satanic Majesty can do the worrying.
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