I support the drone program no matter who's in office. I don't support vague/shady worded memos that justify the extrajudicial killings of Americans no matter who's in office.
Getting pretty tired of being told I'm giving Obama a pass on these policies just because he's Obama and not Bush.
It is difficult to free fools from the chains they revere.
You may not have opposed Bush doing this sort of thing, but Democrats would have pushed hard.
I am also all for using drones instead of risking troops' lives. That to me is not even an issue. The issue is how and why they are being used, and that they are so vague and secretive. Obama has shown no respect for due process.
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"but my comment above was not directed towards liberals in general"
"but my comment above was not directed towards liberals in general"
"but my comment above was not directed towards liberals in general"
"but my comment above was not directed towards liberals in general"
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If the "They" quoted referred to Democrats, then Democrats would be centrists whereas liberals would be presumably left.
It shouldn't matter if you are a republican or a democrat a liberal or a conservative
it is a very serious matter when the executive branch of the government ignores a basic right granted to all American citizens by the constitution that gives us due process of the law and grants it self the power to assassinate any citizen they feel is a threat
Liberals arent supposed to be left. Theyre supposed to be in the Center. American liberals warped the term quite awhile ago, abandoning much of the economic freedoms that it entailed, and many of them are ardent apologists for Obama because they wished so hard that he would be different. Many of them lay silent when their team captain is the bad guy. The same people who railed against Bush for doing much of the same things have vanished. Al Sharpton and the other mainstream pundits are MIA. I applaud the liberals who are principled and dont defend this tyrannical President when he does these types of things (see below video). It's a shame they aren't the majority. I just think its because people in general arent very knowledgeable and lack political efficacy, no matter which "team" they associate themselves with. I don't know how anyone could vote for such a person in good conscience if they disagree with this policy. Why are people so willing to enslave themselves?
In the fell clutch of circumstance
I have not winced nor cried aloud.
Under the bludgeonings of chance
My head is bloody, but unbowed.
This pretty much sums it up. I do not think, regardless of my views against him, he would just up and kill an american citizen without that individual being a clear and present danger to national security. Man...the day I come to Obama's side on an issue, what a day! lol.
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