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In reply to the discussion: Don't care what Rahm thinks. :) But IMHO, Trump will run Ivanka for president [View all]Tierra_y_Libertad
(50,414 posts)Obama has the power to prosecute criminals. You stated that tyrants are held in check by the knowledge that they will be held accountable. So, where are the trials?
Being a "good soldier" and "only following orders" hardly lets the drone operators off the hook for murder. Unless, the ones holding them "accountable" fail to do just that.
I would much rather the citizenry think that "government can be bad" and assume that government is doing bad, than a trusting citizenry who looks the other way and trusts politicians to do right. A sorry record throughout history that justifies mistrust.
Your assertion that "we may be making trying to balance security with liberty" is merely laughable. Since we have achieved neither, but reduced both under the hawkish governments of neo-cons and, now neo-libs.