Snowden is a poopy head

[ConservativeDemocrat]

102. To be clear, I'd rather not have anyone engaging in acts of war against the U.S.

However, since some people do, I think terrorists deserve no better treatment on the battlefield than Confederate soldiers got. At least Confederate soldiers weren't deliberately targeting innocent women and children.

And, unlike the Civil War, there are literally dozens of restrictions that have whittled the situation down to where it is insanely difficult to get on the list. You basically have to be an operational leader of Al-Qa'ida or its associated forces actively planning attacks against the U.S., in a foreign country, personally posing an imminent violent threat, positioned where capture is infeasible, be monitored to see whether capture might become feasible, and where the military attack against you would be in accordance with the laws of war.

Read the memo yourself.

So no, I'm not terribly concerned about the life and well being of any member of Al-Qa'ida (a sworn enemy of the US), whether they have a US passport or not. The Supreme Court has explicitly stated that the United States may constitutionally use force against United States citizens who are members of enemy forces.

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