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In reply to the discussion: if abraham lincoln had a drone (i don't know with a time machine or whatever) [View all]arely staircase
(12,482 posts)6. would you limit political leaders to the executive branch?
or would taking out the north carolina supreme court be ok? the state senate? i ask because i assume the executive was commander in chief under the (illegal and insurrectionist) confederate constitution and technically military leadership. but you could make the case that a confederate congress or state legislature was funding the rebellion and therefore fair game.
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if abraham lincoln had a drone (i don't know with a time machine or whatever) [View all]
arely staircase
Mar 2013
OP
oh say a well placed drone fired missile into the south carolina capitol bldg
arely staircase
Mar 2013
#2
i think the individual state governments that were in a state of rebellion retained
arely staircase
Mar 2013
#15
Would you have posed this question if Bush and not Obama was making the same claims re drones?
MotherPetrie
Mar 2013
#3
then in what context has president obama suggested using them other than that?
arely staircase
Mar 2013
#33
Pointless poll. Wars are fought within the current technological premises.
redgreenandblue
Mar 2013
#26
Assassination of leaders has existed as long as wars. It has always been of limited strategic value.
redgreenandblue
Mar 2013
#27
I'm guessing you are trying to derive from this an argument in favor of
redgreenandblue
Mar 2013
#40
Since we are playing "a-historical what-if", here is how I think it would have played out:
redgreenandblue
Mar 2013
#41