Obama memo justifies drone-war killing of Americans..

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  1. BigGameDamian

    BigGameDamian Well-Known Member

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    I don't think we have really come to terms with the logical extension of drone attacks: the marriage of a drone with an IED. A remote control helicopter with a bomb strapped to it could do incredible damage, and there's really nothing you can do about it. And it can work both ways--a president could be assassinated in the same way a child in Afghanistan can. We're setting a very dangerous precedent.

    We tend to think of defending ourselves in a line-of-sight kind of way. If there's a wall or plexiglass between you and the unknown, you are probably safe from a targeted attack. If you have great aim (as our military does) and the other side misses a lot (as Al Quaeda tends to) you have a massive advantage.

    That's all going to change.
     
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    If Bush did this...
     
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    So, let me see if I understand the rationale of the liberal mind.

    Waterboarding = bad
    Murdering potentially innocent American citizens = good

    What a country!
     
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    Let's just turn off our brains, make up random shit that nobody is saying, and throw it on the wall.

    Now I remember why I gave up on this board. Thanks for the reminder. Adios.
     
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    If you paid any attention to what liberals are saying, you would know that nobody is happy with Obama on this issue.
     
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    PBS did a NOVA show on drones. They have huge ones that can stay in the air for more than 24 hours at a time. They have really small ones that are basically guided mortar rounds or grenades.

    They've fired at least 1000 bombs from drones already.

    The drones crash a lot more than planes. If the pilot turns too hard, they lose contact with the satellite and crash...

    Think about when the troops come home and there are 30,000 of these things patrolling our skies. The spying on citizens angle alone is not a good thing.

    I think I'll post this link in response to jlprk posting about Rumsfeld signing off on sleep deprivation.
     
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    So true, liberals are whiny hypocrites for the most part. It is all about Team BLUE for them.

    Reporters on TV do not give a shit.
     
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    I don't care what liberals think about it. The fact is that Obama and his Justice Department are doing this. What difference does it make what you "think" about it if you're not going to do anything about it?
     
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    Again, if this was Bush...
     
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    ...it would still be just as FUCKED UP! :dunno:
     
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    Says the guy just commenting on the liberal mindset, which you clearly know so much about.

    I'm sorry, I didn't know we lived in a society where we had power to change the president's actions. What are we supposed to do? "Popular" liberals are taking it to Obama about it in the press and other media. It's not going to change.


    Just to reiterate:

     
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    there is a lot of truth in this statement. I spent the last month only listening to OPB/PBS..nothing else, just to see what they would report on. I have beem bombarded with stories almost daily on the Dream liner and the failures that are ongoing...very hot topic, hmm I learned that cats kill birds and small rodents in an alarming number. Thought was that they killed somewhere around .8B but they have concluded that the figure could be as high as 3.5 B...hmm, all of the problems with the fiscal cliff are the fault of the GOP that are stupid and can not see reason. There failure to aid thepresident in his missin to save the econemy have caused it to stumble..the set back in the GDP was also to blame by the GOP and their actions..it has been nothing but sanatized bullshit, I have come to the opinion that the CPB stands for corporate public brainwashing....never was there anything that questioned anything what so ever..
     
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    Another valid reason for every Real American to own military-level weapons, the stated intention of the government to use drones to kill innocent American citizens. Innocent until proven guilty is the foundation of our legal system, and it's not something you can legally skirt just because you're president. I wonder what one would use to protect their family from a US drone attack?
     
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    well, Maris, he does fashion himself to be the modern Lincoln.......
     
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    A non sequitur. Then you didn't post a link. Here's a good one. It shows daily drone attacks. Apple banned its app version.

    http://dronestagram.tumblr.com/
     
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