re: #291 goddamnedfrank

Careful though, because that double standard works both ways. Plenty of moderates and liberals who were disgusted with 24 and the Bush administration abuses are here, now, turning a blind eye to the fucked up precedent Obama is setting simply because he’s Obama.

I voted for the man four times, two primaries and two general elections and am glad it’s him in the oval office and not either of his Republican opponents. However I still think what’s being done here is objectively wrong, indefensible, and can’t be contextualized by simply characterizing the opposition to it as Rand Paul, Glenn Greenwald and some wingnut / moonbat convergence.

In the end you’re either on the side that’s justifying extrajudicial assassination of US citizens, or you aren’t.

I had no problem with killing that terrorist shithead in Yemen. I would obviously have a huge problem if there was such an action in the United States because we would have the option of using domestic forces to arrest the man. (Sidebar: I also had a huge problem when the ATF didn’t arrest David Koresh when he went to buy a pack of smokes at the local c-store outside of Waco instead of invading Mount Carmel.)

But I agree with Holder on his point. You can never say never. Ever. Like him, I can’t imagine a situation where it would be required, but you can never say never. Ever.

“There are more things in heaven and earth, Horatio,
Than are dreamt of in your philosophy.”