WTF, communism, socialism, or ?

[Mtn.man]

Legal experts expressed grave reservations Tuesday about an Obama administration memo concluding that the United States can order the killing of American citizens believed to be affiliated with al-Qaida — with one saying the White House was acting as “judge, jury and executioner

http://usnews.nbcnews.com/_news/2013...rone-memo?lite

[Jesus-With-A-.45]

Please ignore the man behind the curtain. Keep drinking your lattes, taking your prozac and worring about your hair.........we are in control.

[Ronin13]

I'm just curious- and I'm not in disagreement with the OP, but isn't this something Bush started? If a Republican was doing the same thing, would most on here feel the same way? Granted, I don't think Obeyme should have sole authority for this, there needs to be incontrovertible evidence that the person being targeted is in fact a terrorist, and there needs to be checks and balances- like the two man rule with SSBNs.

[Byte Stryke]

I'm just curious- and I'm not in disagreement with the OP, but isn't this something Bush started? If a Republican was doing the same thing, would most on here feel the same way? Granted, I don't think Obeyme should have sole authority for this, there needs to be incontrovertible evidence that the person being targeted is in fact a terrorist, and there needs to be checks and balances- like the two man rule with SSBNs.

are we really going to argue about which side of the turd smells more?

[CO303]

It's not restricted to Al-Qaida. It's terrorists.

[Rucker61]

It's not restricted to Al-Qaida. It's terrorists.

Then it wasn't Bush, or it would be "turrists".

[merl]

bush started bombing folks suspected of terrorism.
O was the first to use that process on Americans. Bush just threw em in solitary.
(thats how I recall it)

Dont worry it is just happening to the bad people, you know the terrorists... those crazy militias... those protesters..

[Ronin13]

are we really going to argue about which side of the turd smells more?

No, I'm not advocating that- I was just asking...

[DavieD55]

This is a very dangerous slippery slope. People better wake up and be damn concerned about this.

[Cthulhu]

The John Warner Defense Appropriation Act (H.R. 5122) is pretty scary too. At least H.R. 5122 was brought to a vote before Congress and not by Executive fiat in the form of a memo. We've been on a slippery slope for a long time unfortunately. It's gotten to the point that Berry doesn't even pretend to work within the system.