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Sigh.
Look - the point I am trying to make is that if an "enemy combatant" is anyone aiding and abetting a "hostile entity" during a time of "war" which we are currently apparently in, if we are defining "hostile entity" as Al Qaeda, I am fine with it.
But. I don't think the government has been all that clear. And my point is, for that reason, this "war" will continue to exist until another administration takes power (it took 30 years to hunt down the da**ed Red Brigades in Europe). You want Hillary Clinton as Commander in Chief (it could happen) and able to define who is and who is not an "enemy combatant"?
Okay, maybe it's a ghost story. Maybe my concerns are completely groundless. Mea culpa.

I share your concerns about the abuse of power that might occurr under HRC, but I really don't see that we can construct any mechanism that would prevent her from misusing power should she be elected. You know as well as I do that she would distort any definition of "enemy combatant" if she choose to do so. Consequently, we will have to deal with today's problems today and worry about problems with Hillary when that time comes. I simply cannot see tying ourselves into a knot worrying about Hillary.