Speaking of tin foil hats...

[sixstringsteve]

We knew this was coming...

http://news.yahoo.com/memo-sets-rationale-kill-qaida-linked-citizens-135927368--politics.html

 

[Herzog]

I like the part about how they don't really have to have any proof that you are tied to a terrorist org. And absolutely no judicial oversight. Interesting.

Potentially, a scenario could be created where anybody unwilling to follow a future mandate to turn over your guns (or whatever) and refusing to do so could label you an operative. Boom. Likely? Probably not, but let's keep it that way.

 

[jentzschman]

"The 16-page document says it is lawful to target al-Qaida linked U.S. citizens if they pose an "imminent" threat of violent attack against Americans, and that delaying action against such people would create an unacceptably high risk."

You watch, they will use the "imminent" threat so loose as to justify the attacks for anything....Mark my words.

 

[Team1k]

Im confused here. It says in the article "it is legal for the government to kill U.S. citizens abroad" So from what i can tell they only mean outside the U.S.? Not on U.S. soil. Thats where my confusion comes in though. I didnt realize it was against the law to kill a U.S. citizen abroad to begin with <<<That sentance needs clarification though. I had assumed when it was determined that terrorists were in a certain area and we got the go ahead to blow that area/building/etc... up, we werent bothering to check citizenship status.

 

[Herzog]

http://reason.com/blog/2013/02/05/obamas-press-sec-jay-carney-drone-strike

 

[sixstringsteve]

it's too bad nobody can make a decent video without annoying music or repeated quotes over and over.

 

[mesha]

yuck

 

[SAMI]

Not many people seemed to show interest when Obama signed the NDAA, but its now getting some attention after the fact..

This is not new, but is very upsetting nonetheless. Obama regime is drone strike happy, and they justify it as National Security, BS. True security would be not bombing the shit out of other countries and perpetuating the hatred foreigners have for America.

 

[JL Rockies]

I don't mind killing enemies and couldn't care less what people thought about it.

 

[JL Rockies]

Killing US citizens is another story

 

[Herzog]

I don't mind killing enemies and couldn't care less what people thought about it.

What if you were lied to about who the enemy really is? (hypothetically)

 

[Kevin B.]

Not many people seemed to show interest when Obama signed the NDAA, but its now getting some attention after the fact..

This is not new, but is very upsetting nonetheless. Obama regime is drone strike happy, and they justify it as National Security, BS. True security would be not bombing the shit out of other countries and perpetuating the hatred foreigners have for America.

Absolutely right.

And I hate the drones anyway. In a battlefield situation I've got no quibble with them, but they make it way too easy to assassinate individuals.

 

[SAMI]

Absolutely right.

And I hate the drones anyway. In a battlefield situation I've got no quibble with them, but they make it way too easy to assassinate individuals.

Not even a clean assassination either. Killing loads of innocent lives including women and children. The hypocrite Obama has killed more children in other countries with his drone strikes, than have been shot in the US from mass shootings. Yet, "we have a moral.obligation to decrease the possibility of another mas shooting" says Obama and Biden.