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2. "Due process" is just such a quaint concept

Reply to The Northerner (Original post)

Thu May 24, 2012, 11:28 AM

May 2012

People really need to get over this unnatural attachment to a superannuated document in this high-tech age of the existential battle over . . . well, over something, that much is indisputable. "Suspicion" or "I got bored and pushed a button" are now the grounds we use to visit summary execution on persons around the globe. And that's good enough anymore. If you disagree, it's only because you want the terrorists to win. Or the militants. Or the suspected terrorists and militants. As if there's a difference.

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US drone strikes again, killing eight in North Waziristan [View all] The Northerner May 2012 OP

who knows at his point, I can hardly keep track in answer to your question xiamiam May 2012 #1

"Due process" is just such a quaint concept gratuitous May 2012 #2

Thanks Northerner. polly7 May 2012 #3

Well this will help in getting the supply routes open, indeed. NOT! eom Purveyor May 2012 #4

Silly Pakistanis just don't understand that we're killing them for their own good. Tierra_y_Libertad May 2012 #5