I think that is ripe coming from republicans/conservatives who bitched and moaned when Obama wanted to close gitmo and put terrorists on trial and throw them in jail if and when convicted. I remember quite a few here and elsewhere saying we should just summarily execute them. So now that Obama is doing that, all of a sudden he is a bad guy? You guys need to get your story straight. You sound as bad as Mitt. Oh, and BTW...most liberals have criticized Obama for the drone strikes. Unlike most republicans, we don't goosestep with our guy...we also criticize him when it is warranted.
------------------------------------ Three Ravens Consulting Eric Roberts Owner/Developer ow...@threeravensconsulting.com tel: 630-486-5255 fax: 630-310-8531 http://www.threeravensconsulting.com ------------------------------------ -----Original Message----- From: Jerry Barnes [mailto:critic...@gmail.com] Sent: Friday, October 26, 2012 8:23 PM To: cf-community Subject: Re: GOP caught lying about Benghazi attack. Caught again. "Yeah, because it is always a good idea to kill people rather than seek justice. Innocent until proven guilty don't count if someone can make political hay by ignoring it." Tread lightly on the subject if you're a lefty and love Obama. Dude is droning weddings and funerals. Then there is the infamous "double tap" drone strikes. Interesting article by Stanford and NYU law schools: http://livingunderdrones.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/Stanford_NYU_LIVING_ UNDER_DRONES.pdf A key feature of the Obama administration's use of drones has been a reported expansion in the use of "signature" strikes. Between 2002 and 2007, the Bush administration reportedly focused targeted killings on "personality" strikes targeting named, allegedly high-value leaders of armed, non-state groups like Salim Sinan al Harethi and Nek Mohammad.51 Under Obama, the program expanded to include far more "profile" or so-called "signature" strikes based on a "pattern of life" analysis.52 According to US authorities, these strikes target "groups of men who bear certain signatures, or defining characteristics associated with terrorist activity, but whose identities aren't known."53 Just what those "defining characteristics" are has never been made public. In 2012, the New York Times paraphrased a view shared by several officials that "people in an area of known terrorist activity, or found with a top Qaeda operative, are probably up to no good."54 The Times also reported that some in the Obama administration joke that when the CIA sees "three guys doing jumping jacks," they think it is a terrorist training camp.55 --- One interviewee stated that, "after the drones, people can't go and talk with or sit with anybody at any time. And so they [face great difficulty carrying] on their business and their families."571 One man who lost a cousin in the March 17, 2011 jirga strike, explained: We do not come out of our villages because it's very dangerous to go out anywhere. . . . In past we used to participate in activities like wedding gatherings [and] different kinds of jirgas, different kinds of funerals. . . . We used to go to different houses for condolences, and there were all kinds of activities in the past and we used to participate. But now it's a risk to go to any place or participate in any activities.572 The fears the interviewees described were not limited to ceremonial gatherings or other large group activities. Many said that they were afraid even to congregate in groups or receive guests in their home --- According to the Associated Press and the New York Times, the President acts as the final decision maker, at least with respect to the decision to carry out "personality strikes" targeting named individuals. --- A good read. Barack Obama, what a guy. J - Those politicians, professors and union bosses who curse big business are fighting for a lower standard of l ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Anthology/dp/1430272155/?tag=houseoffusion Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:356982 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/unsubscribe.cfm
