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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsDepartment of pre-crime?
Drone attacks, aka, targeted assassinations, are little more than death sentences sans due process. Obama should stop this practice at once.
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Department of pre-crime? (Original Post)
Koios
Aug 2013
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Turbineguy
(37,312 posts)1. Going after terrorists like that is a problem of course.
What about investment bankers?
Koios
(154 posts)3. I would be giddy if ...
... they too were given due process (prosecuted).
PowerToThePeople
(9,610 posts)2. Universal Declaration of Human Rights
http://www.un.org/en/documents/udhr/
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Universal_Declaration_of_Human_Rights
Ya, we are doing a great job standing up for what we claim to believe in. So much for the -
Even 'that guy' would be disappointed with what we have become.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Universal_Declaration_of_Human_Rights
Ya, we are doing a great job standing up for what we claim to believe in. So much for the -
"Let us remember our heritage and, with it, our destiny the destiny of this shining city on a hill, this beacon of freedom for all the peoples of the Earth."
Even 'that guy' would be disappointed with what we have become.
Koios
(154 posts)4. Copy that!
... when our "ideals" cease where our borders end, we have no ideals.
Junkdrawer
(27,993 posts)5. The New MO vs the Old MO...
Old MO:
Send cruise missiles/drones. Deny. Demand journalists who report the lie be jailed.
New MO:
Detect chatter. Close embassies, declare travel alert. Send cruise missiles/drones. Declare victory.
I guess it's better....