No joke. Every once in a blue moon, I unceremoniously break with my general policy of unrelenting criticism of President Obama. Generally, I find him to be the Asshat in Chief.
HOWEVER, when he does something right, it seems only fair to acknowledge that, too.
I see (linked off of Drudge) that the President's lawyers have staked out a legal claim that Americans who take up arms with the likes of al qaeda against the Unite States are not immune from being targeted AS enemy combatants.
Obama lawyers: Citizens targeted if at war with US - Yahoo! News
Good for them and good for President Obama.
I say they (and the President) are exactly right on the mark!
HOWEVER, when he does something right, it seems only fair to acknowledge that, too.
I see (linked off of Drudge) that the President's lawyers have staked out a legal claim that Americans who take up arms with the likes of al qaeda against the Unite States are not immune from being targeted AS enemy combatants.
U.S. citizens are legitimate military targets when they take up arms with al-Qaida, top national security lawyers in the Obama administration said Thursday.
The lawyers were asked at a national security conference about the CIA killing of Anwar al-Awlaki, a U.S. citizen and leading al-Qaida figure. He died in a Sept. 30 U.S. drone strike in the mountains of Yemen.
The government lawyers, CIA counsel Stephen Preston and Pentagon counsel Jeh Johnson, did not directly address the al-Awlaki case. But they said U.S. citizens do not have immunity when they are at war with the United States. * * * *
Obama lawyers: Citizens targeted if at war with US - Yahoo! News
Good for them and good for President Obama.
I say they (and the President) are exactly right on the mark!