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In reply to the discussion: For Your Consideration... U.S. Assassinations Of American Citizens.. [View all]bvar22
(39,909 posts)28. For one thing, WHO draws that line, and how are they accountable?
I "hung around" with terrorist supporters in the 70s, and helped finance their activities.
So did everybody who went to an Irish Bar and donated to the Widows & Orphans jar sitting on the bar.
WHO get to decide who is a "terrorist"?
It isn't anywhere near as Black & White as the construct in your imagination,
OR in the laws as they are curretly written.
When Al Qaeda (Mujaheddin) were fighting the Soviets,
they were "Freedom Fighters".
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Does that include Holder who is encouraging the killing of innocent Americans?
Tierra_y_Libertad
Mar 2012
#3
What lies? Is Holder not endorsing the killing of innocent Americans?
Tierra_y_Libertad
Mar 2012
#22
I didn't know sleep was tight, let alone in need of loosening, is it some sort of psychic knot?
Dragonfli
Mar 2012
#15
How is this Irish example the same thing as preaching that it is a duty to kill Americans?
treestar
Mar 2012
#40
Awliki's father (in US) wrote to President Obama begging him not to kill his son
librechik
Mar 2012
#25