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BlueCheese (897 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-30-11 09:49 PM Original message |
To those defending the killing of Al-Awlaki |
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teddy51 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-30-11 09:50 PM Response to Original message |
1. No more than I did when GW Bush did it! Muder is murder. n/t |
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ixion (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-30-11 10:07 PM Response to Reply #1 |
18. exactly. |
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Le Taz Hot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-01-11 04:25 AM Response to Reply #1 |
85. Yep. |
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chill_wind (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-30-11 09:51 PM Response to Original message |
2. K & R. n/t |
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TwilightGardener (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-30-11 09:52 PM Response to Original message |
3. I think Awlawki had a heads-up. We'd been discussing his being a target for |
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msanthrope (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-30-11 09:55 PM Response to Reply #3 |
5. His family filed suit on his behalf to stop the killing. You'd think he'd know....nt |
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TwilightGardener (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-30-11 09:57 PM Response to Reply #5 |
6. I suppose he should have turned himself in to authorities then. |
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mistertrickster (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-01-11 09:57 AM Response to Reply #6 |
89. Exactly. If he wanted a trial, he knew how to get one. nt |
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BlueCheese (897 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-30-11 09:57 PM Response to Reply #5 |
7. Are you suggesting... |
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msanthrope (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-30-11 10:03 PM Response to Reply #7 |
14. I'm betting that if you make this UN List, you are a target..... |
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BlueCheese (897 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-30-11 10:06 PM Response to Reply #14 |
16. Is that list complete? |
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bluestate10 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-30-11 11:48 PM Response to Reply #3 |
67. Yes. been in the worldwide press for a year+. |
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Exilednight (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-01-11 05:00 PM Response to Reply #3 |
111. I noticed that you never answered the question. It's a pretty straightf forward yes or no question. |
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msanthrope (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-30-11 09:54 PM Response to Original message |
4. That is not what the executive branch is claiming. When you have correctly characterized their |
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MedicalAdmin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-30-11 09:58 PM Response to Reply #4 |
8. I'm not the OP, so I have a favor if you don't mind. |
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msanthrope (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-30-11 10:08 PM Response to Reply #8 |
19. That the AUMF of 9/18/2001, and international law authorizes |
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frylock (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-30-11 11:29 PM Response to Reply #19 |
60. yeh well you can shit in one hand and wish in the other.. |
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Exilednight (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-01-11 05:09 PM Response to Reply #19 |
112. Alright, so let's say for arguments sake that a Republican becomes president and puts the |
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BlueCheese (897 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-30-11 09:58 PM Response to Reply #4 |
9. Which part is wrong? |
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treestar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-01-11 11:07 AM Response to Reply #9 |
101. Why don't you find out first before passing judgment? |
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MrSlayer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-30-11 10:00 PM Response to Reply #4 |
10. +1 |
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BlueCheese (897 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-30-11 10:02 PM Response to Reply #10 |
13. You're either for us or against us. |
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mercymechap (74 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-30-11 10:29 PM Response to Reply #13 |
31. So our soldiers fighting in Iraq, Afghanistan should |
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BlueCheese (897 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-30-11 10:47 PM Response to Reply #31 |
41. That's a strawman. |
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Arctic Dave (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-30-11 11:34 PM Response to Reply #31 |
62. One could call the troops over there the terrorist. |
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chill_wind (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-01-11 01:27 AM Response to Reply #62 |
78. And the next generations there will. And our children and childrens' children |
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Exilednight (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-01-11 05:11 PM Response to Reply #31 |
113. So just because we have a war on terror, we should kill US citizens. Do you hold the same view |
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demosincebirth (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-30-11 10:29 PM Response to Reply #10 |
30. The terrorists are just misunderstood. Deep down, they are very |
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bluestate10 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-30-11 10:39 PM Response to Reply #30 |
35. They love making muffins and have pet rabbits. Why kill them? nt |
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demosincebirth (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-01-11 06:53 PM Response to Reply #35 |
114. Exactly |
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Nye Bevan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-30-11 10:48 PM Response to Reply #10 |
42. "Terrorist love fest"? Seriously? |
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RetroLounge (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-30-11 11:56 PM Response to Reply #10 |
70. The shitting on the Constitution is worse |
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classysassy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-01-11 02:13 AM Response to Reply #10 |
81. The love of justice |
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MADem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-30-11 10:46 PM Response to Reply #4 |
39. +1 n/t |
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reACTIONary (257 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-30-11 10:01 PM Response to Original message |
11. The executive branch is NOT making any such claim... |
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BlueCheese (897 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-30-11 10:04 PM Response to Reply #11 |
15. The executive branch itself defines... |
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reACTIONary (257 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-30-11 10:13 PM Response to Reply #15 |
20. It is the job of the government in general... |
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BlueCheese (897 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-30-11 10:15 PM Response to Reply #20 |
22. What if the executive branch gets it wrong? |
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reACTIONary (257 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-30-11 10:33 PM Response to Reply #22 |
33. George Bush did no such thing, and if he had... |
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BlueCheese (897 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-30-11 10:42 PM Response to Reply #33 |
36. My point is this. |
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reACTIONary (257 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-30-11 11:04 PM Response to Reply #36 |
49. Do I trust the executive branch to get it right? |
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frylock (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-30-11 11:35 PM Response to Reply #49 |
64. rewind four years: do you trust the executive branch to get it right? |
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Skip Intro (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-30-11 10:02 PM Response to Original message |
12. Well, it is the executive branch. Sorry. Honestly, I'm conflicted on this. |
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BlueCheese (897 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-30-11 10:13 PM Response to Reply #12 |
21. Oh, I'm not an absolutist by any means. |
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madinmaryland (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-30-11 10:16 PM Response to Reply #12 |
23. I agree with your assessment of the issue. Nice to see a |
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Jakes Progress (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-30-11 10:07 PM Response to Original message |
17. You just have to know the rules. |
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Lint Head (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-30-11 10:20 PM Response to Original message |
24. If I had planned the killing of 3,000 innocent people I would expect to be targeted. |
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COLGATE4 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-30-11 11:04 PM Response to Reply #24 |
50. It isn't an 'either-or' proposition. The fact that the Bush era war |
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Lint Head (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-01-11 12:30 AM Response to Reply #50 |
74. It was not an either/or supposition. |
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Tx4obama (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-30-11 10:22 PM Response to Original message |
25. He declared WAR on the USA, and the USA took him out. |
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A HERETIC I AM (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-30-11 10:43 PM Response to Reply #25 |
37. Damned right. |
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COLGATE4 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-30-11 11:06 PM Response to Reply #37 |
51. If he's accused ot treason indict him, charge him and bring him |
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A HERETIC I AM (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-30-11 11:23 PM Response to Reply #51 |
57. What I want is religious nutcases who promote the killing of random and innocent Americans... |
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Bonobo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-30-11 11:53 PM Response to Reply #57 |
69. "Shuffle off this mortal coil", not "leave it". Don't misquote Shakespeare... |
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A HERETIC I AM (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-01-11 12:01 AM Response to Reply #69 |
71. It's called "Poetic License" |
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NutmegYankee (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-01-11 10:01 AM Response to Reply #51 |
92. We didn't do that during the Civil War. |
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treestar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-01-11 11:12 AM Response to Reply #92 |
103. Good point. |
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treestar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-01-11 11:11 AM Response to Reply #51 |
102. Al Qaeda members are not going to do that |
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StarsInHerHair (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-30-11 10:24 PM Response to Original message |
26. hell no |
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madamesilverspurs (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-30-11 10:25 PM Response to Original message |
27. ... |
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Gregorian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-30-11 10:25 PM Response to Original message |
28. I don't think a nation can be at war with one person. |
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mercymechap (74 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-30-11 10:31 PM Response to Reply #28 |
32. We are at war with the terrorists, they are not a nation |
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Gregorian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-30-11 11:02 PM Response to Reply #32 |
48. Are we at war? |
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Life Long Dem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-01-11 12:03 AM Response to Reply #48 |
72. According to Wiki. |
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BadGimp (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-30-11 10:26 PM Response to Original message |
29. Fuck Noi |
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bluestate10 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-30-11 10:36 PM Response to Original message |
34. Yes. |
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BlueCheese (897 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-30-11 10:44 PM Response to Reply #34 |
38. The question is not about al-Awlaki only. |
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bluestate10 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-30-11 10:56 PM Response to Reply #38 |
45. Plenty of notice was given. The same will happen for the next american |
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BlueCheese (897 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-30-11 10:57 PM Response to Reply #45 |
46. You do realize the list is secret, right? |
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bluestate10 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-30-11 11:46 PM Response to Reply #46 |
66. Information that is in the general press is not secret. |
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BlueCheese (897 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-01-11 02:21 AM Response to Reply #66 |
82. That al-Alwaki was on the list was not secret. |
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treestar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-01-11 11:13 AM Response to Reply #45 |
104. I agree. How can anyone plotting with Al Qaeda possibly |
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KOfan (78 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-30-11 10:47 PM Response to Original message |
40. No |
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StarsInHerHair (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-30-11 10:48 PM Response to Original message |
43. here's what Abe Lincoln had to say about subverting the Constitution |
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emilyg (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-30-11 10:55 PM Response to Reply #43 |
44. Thanks. |
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reACTIONary (257 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-30-11 11:34 PM Response to Reply #43 |
63. This is the president who... |
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mistertrickster (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-01-11 10:01 AM Response to Reply #63 |
91. Yup, I thought of that too. Good point. nt |
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Recovered Repug (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-01-11 01:33 AM Response to Reply #43 |
80. According to Jefferson (one of the patriots of '76 that Lincoln |
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DCKit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-01-11 04:10 AM Response to Reply #43 |
83. +2 |
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mistertrickster (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-01-11 10:01 AM Response to Reply #43 |
90. I guess all those Southerners got a trial before Sherman burned their houses down. nt |
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Progressive dog (41 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-01-11 10:21 AM Response to Reply #43 |
96. Lincoln also said this |
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Ikonoklast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-01-11 11:16 AM Response to Reply #43 |
106. And then he subverted it when it suited him. |
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LuckyTheDog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-30-11 11:00 PM Response to Original message |
47. As I said to another on this board... |
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COLGATE4 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-30-11 11:07 PM Response to Reply #47 |
54. The difference is that Tojo and the others weren't American |
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TwilightGardener (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-01-11 12:15 AM Response to Reply #54 |
73. How far should being an American shield you when you move to another country |
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LuckyTheDog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-01-11 08:05 AM Response to Reply #54 |
87. You know who else were Americans? The leaders of the Confederacy |
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Lydia Leftcoast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-30-11 11:21 PM Response to Reply #47 |
56. And World War II was a DECLARED war |
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LuckyTheDog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-01-11 08:03 AM Response to Reply #56 |
86. And? So? |
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TheKentuckian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-01-11 11:02 AM Response to Reply #47 |
99. The entire issue is nebulous to the extreme and you know. The "war" is everywhere, at any time, and |
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phleshdef (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-30-11 11:06 PM Response to Original message |
52. The President was granted the authority by Congress to use force against members of Al Qaeda. |
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COLGATE4 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-30-11 11:08 PM Response to Reply #52 |
55. The AMUFA doesn't supersede the Constitution. But thanks for playing. |
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phleshdef (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-30-11 11:27 PM Response to Reply #55 |
59. Sounds like the same argument gun nuts make against gun control. |
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JCMach1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-01-11 04:15 AM Response to Reply #59 |
84. Exactly... |
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Tx4obama (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-30-11 11:07 PM Response to Original message |
53. The LIST of the 'top' SEVEN most wanted al Qaeda terrorists is NOT a secret |
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Lydia Leftcoast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-30-11 11:27 PM Response to Original message |
58. To those defending the killing: |
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ProgressIn2008 (848 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-30-11 11:31 PM Response to Original message |
61. I gather that we agree when it's our team, but it's fascism otherwise. nt |
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reACTIONary (257 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-30-11 11:36 PM Response to Reply #61 |
65. International law gives all nations the right to self defense. That isn't fascism. nt |
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The Traveler (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-30-11 11:49 PM Response to Original message |
68. I do NOT agree with that assertion |
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The Northerner (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-01-11 12:40 AM Response to Original message |
75. K&R n/t |
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Chan790 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-01-11 12:52 AM Response to Original message |
76. It's not quite a new assertion. |
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gateley (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-01-11 12:55 AM Response to Original message |
77. Seriously, does it matter what WE think? We have no say? |
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Chan790 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-01-11 01:29 AM Response to Reply #77 |
79. I support the law as currently interpreted. n/t |
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gateley (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-01-11 03:06 PM Response to Reply #79 |
107. Sadly, it's irrelevant what you and I do or do not support. |
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mistertrickster (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-01-11 09:56 AM Response to Original message |
88. If a sniper at the top of the Washington Monument opened fire on the people below, |
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Nye Bevan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-01-11 10:47 AM Response to Reply #88 |
98. If someone ranted publicly about going to the top of the Washington Monument to shoot people, |
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Chan790 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-01-11 04:54 PM Response to Reply #98 |
109. Actually if we believe that he is an imminent threat. |
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mistertrickster (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-02-11 08:44 AM Response to Reply #98 |
117. Except that he DID actually shoot people. nt |
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kentuck (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-01-11 10:03 AM Response to Original message |
93. Only with oversight from Congress. |
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still_one (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-01-11 10:04 AM Response to Original message |
94. Do you agree with this assertion that may al-awiaki was no longer a citizen? |
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badtoworse (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-01-11 10:06 AM Response to Original message |
95. The Executive Branch has the responsibility to defend the country from its enemies. |
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TheKentuckian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-01-11 11:14 AM Response to Reply #95 |
105. They decide what danger means, they decide who is a danger, they decide all of it in a completely |
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badtoworse (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-01-11 03:49 PM Response to Reply #105 |
108. I'm very comfortable treating this as a war. |
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TheKentuckian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-01-11 04:55 PM Response to Reply #108 |
110. I'm not, the idea is absurd and has no definable victory and an enemy by definition on |
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badtoworse (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-01-11 07:23 PM Response to Reply #110 |
115. It all comes down to what risks you comfortable taking |
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JoeyT (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-01-11 10:42 AM Response to Original message |
97. We're hearing the exact same arguments Bush supporters used to push all his policies. |
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BlueCheese (897 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-01-11 09:34 PM Response to Reply #97 |
116. Exactly. |
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treestar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-01-11 11:06 AM Response to Original message |
100. Is that what they are claiming? |
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TheKentuckian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-02-11 08:55 AM Response to Reply #100 |
118. Leaving Obama out of it might make your thinking clearer. |
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