"Freedom Watch" calls the President a criminal for killing Bin Laden

I dont have issue with those things either.

Im just concerned about the procedure, not the results. Im happy with the results.

People are too quick to assume that people like me, who might question if the way the president did it was within the constitution, are totally against the killing of bin laden or other things like you mentioned.

A lot of us who question it are not, we just see an erosion of adherance to the constitution and are concerned for what actions may come in the future as a result of such precedence of behavior.

When we elect a president we elect a CiC....

Approve of him or not, the majority of Americans chose that person to be the one to make the tough calls...

It is rare that a President must circumvent the constitution...or sidestep it....happens so rarely, I dont see it as an issue.....

But if there is anyone that should be allowed to without accusations, investigations and threats, it is the President.

We may not like Obama...I certainly dont.....but If he were to do something deemed as unconsitutional by some....so be it.

I just wish people let Bush be President......they didnt.

Now they wasnt us to let Obama be president, I say fine....ket him be President.

you may have latched on to something. apparently he (the chosen one) may have been wrestling with what to do for quite some time... too bad the economy is in the tank and unemployment on the rise....

don't worry though, the chosen one is going to start taxing americans for the miles they drive (on top of the gas taxes and host of other taxes and fees that get thrown at drivers and owners of cars). and, states are no accessing use tax on hybrid vehicles to make up for "lost" revenue of efficiency cars...

we are ****ed big time... But, at least Sheikh Usama bin Laden has been taken out. I agree this may be the one and only thing thing that the chosen one has done that was a "good" decision......

by the way, fuck the un, human rights watch, and all the others who are condemning the action.

obama got elected becasue the economy was tanking. the economy is will what will undo him in 2012

Originally posted by NYCarbineer
Somebody has to get punished in order to balance the budget? Who would you prefer to punish?

Quote: Originally Posted by Lakhota
One should always shit, piss, spit, and jerk off toward Israel.

you may have latched on to something. apparently he (the chosen one) may have been wrestling with what to do for quite some time... too bad the economy is in the tank and unemployment on the rise....

don't worry though, the chosen one is going to start taxing americans for the miles they drive (on top of the gas taxes and host of other taxes and fees that get thrown at drivers and owners of cars). and, states are no accessing use tax on hybrid vehicles to make up for "lost" revenue of efficiency cars...

we are ****ed big time... But, at least Sheikh Usama bin Laden has been taken out. I agree this may be the one and only thing thing that the chosen one has done that was a "good" decision......

by the way, fuck the un, human rights watch, and all the others who are condemning the action.

Wow more dishonest hackery....i guess I have to quote myself where I say i was glad obama did this on one hand but was concerned about our president issuing assasination without congress' approval.

Freaking desperate hacks are aggrivating me today.

TY DEL! An actual discussion style response. I was starting to think there were no real minds left to talk to.

According to the link I provided:

Letters of marque and reprisal are commissions or warrants issued to someone to commit what would otherwise be acts of piracy. They will normally contain the following first three elements, unless they imply or refer to a declaration of war to define the enemies, and may optionally contain the remainder:

1.Names person, authorizes him to pass beyond borders with forces under his command.
2.Specifies nationality of targets for action.
3.Authorizes seizure or destruction of assets or personnel of target nationality.
4.Describes offense for which commission is issued as reprisal.
5.Restriction on time, manner, place, or amount of reprisal.

See in number 3, personnel, thats where I was coming from. This is the type of interpretation I learned at Umass. If its wrong then lets discuss why. I have no problem being challenged and finding out I'm wrong when its done the way you do it.

This man needs to be fired.

What assassination order do you speak of? This was not an assassination.

my understanding is that letters of reprisal/marque apply only to naval situations. i'm not an attorney, maritime, constitutional or otherwise, so this is only my quasi-educated opinion.

i believe the president is within his rights under the war powers act to send troops anywhere at any time without immediate congressional approval.

I tend to agree... I sure hope it rebounds, for obvious reasons. However, if it stays the way it is, he's toast. Inflation, collapsing dollar, $5 gasoline, $14,000,000,000,000 national debt, massive deficits, etc. It ain't pretty.

I am sure you guys could have run this operation much more efficiently if only you were in charge of something other then your keyboard.

my understanding is that letters of reprisal/marque apply only to naval situations. i'm not an attorney, maritime, constitutional or otherwise, so this is only my quasi-educated opinion.

i believe the president is within his rights under the war powers act to send troops anywhere at any time without immediate congressional approval.

I tend to agree... I sure hope it rebounds, for obvious reasons. However, if it stays the way it is, he's toast. Inflation, collapsing dollar, $5 gasoline, $14,000,000,000,000 national debt, massive deficits, etc. It ain't pretty.