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Obama’s ‘Kill List’ a Silver Bullet for GOP
08 Aug 2012 22:08 #1
by otisptoadwater
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"Any man who thinks he can be happy and prosperous by letting the Government take care of him; better take a closer look at the American Indian." - Henry Ford
Corruptissima re publica plurimae leges; When the Republic is at its most corrupt the laws are most numerous. - Publius Cornelius Tacitus
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By Michael S. Smith II/Tuesday, August 7, 2012
Few observers of Barack Obama as a presidential candidate would have expected him to adopt counterterrorism policies that would make his legacy look like the “imperial presidency” he fiercely criticized on the stump. Mr. Obama’s actions in fighting terrorism as president have led his far-left base to cast worse aspersions on his legacy than that of his predecessor.
In an expose focused on the president’s reliance on “extrajudicial killing” to prosecute his administration’s war on al Qaeda, Esquire writer Tom Junod has coined a term that captures just what Mr. Obama’s legacy may be: the lethal presidency.
Mr. Junod’s piece ties a show-stopping bow around the incongruity of Nobel Peace Prize-winner Obama’s use of the same tactics he deplored before taking office. Mr. Obama has used drones to kill members of al Qaeda, its supporters and those who simply happen to be in the wrong place at the wrong time, including American citizens. The Obama administration’s penchant for leaking details about its kill/capture campaign shows reliance on a program members of the counterterrorism community expected to be suspended his first day on the job. In the past, Mr. Obama’s attorney general portrayed CIA agents as criminals for employing controversial interrogation tactics on known terrorists. This same man now defends killing suspected terrorists rather than capturing them and assessing their guilt in court.
In Mr. Obama’s defense, killing suspected terrorists is far less messy than capturing them and increasing the detainee populations at installations such as Guantanamo Bay, which the president promised to shutter years ago. Killing them also mitigates the risk that “inhumane” interrogation techniques employed by superpatriots that the president’s team have depicted as thugs might end up tarnishing Mr. Obama’s record.
Read more: http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2012/aug/7/obamas-kill-list-a-silver-bullet-for-gop/
By Michael S. Smith II/Tuesday, August 7, 2012
Few observers of Barack Obama as a presidential candidate would have expected him to adopt counterterrorism policies that would make his legacy look like the “imperial presidency” he fiercely criticized on the stump. Mr. Obama’s actions in fighting terrorism as president have led his far-left base to cast worse aspersions on his legacy than that of his predecessor.
In an expose focused on the president’s reliance on “extrajudicial killing” to prosecute his administration’s war on al Qaeda, Esquire writer Tom Junod has coined a term that captures just what Mr. Obama’s legacy may be: the lethal presidency.
Mr. Junod’s piece ties a show-stopping bow around the incongruity of Nobel Peace Prize-winner Obama’s use of the same tactics he deplored before taking office. Mr. Obama has used drones to kill members of al Qaeda, its supporters and those who simply happen to be in the wrong place at the wrong time, including American citizens. The Obama administration’s penchant for leaking details about its kill/capture campaign shows reliance on a program members of the counterterrorism community expected to be suspended his first day on the job. In the past, Mr. Obama’s attorney general portrayed CIA agents as criminals for employing controversial interrogation tactics on known terrorists. This same man now defends killing suspected terrorists rather than capturing them and assessing their guilt in court.
In Mr. Obama’s defense, killing suspected terrorists is far less messy than capturing them and increasing the detainee populations at installations such as Guantanamo Bay, which the president promised to shutter years ago. Killing them also mitigates the risk that “inhumane” interrogation techniques employed by superpatriots that the president’s team have depicted as thugs might end up tarnishing Mr. Obama’s record.
Read more: http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2012/aug/7/obamas-kill-list-a-silver-bullet-for-gop/
I can explain it to you but I can't understand it for you.
"Any man who thinks he can be happy and prosperous by letting the Government take care of him; better take a closer look at the American Indian." - Henry Ford
Corruptissima re publica plurimae leges; When the Republic is at its most corrupt the laws are most numerous. - Publius Cornelius Tacitus
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