Obama takes the easy way out, to the detriment of our national security

PowerlineBlog "The Washington Post reports that the Obama administration is increasingly opting to kill al Qaeda terrorists rather than capturing them and attempting to find out what they know. "...."According to the Post, these decisions are being driven in part by the "dwindling options" for placing U.S. captives. As one "senior military officer" put it, "when you don't have a detention politcy (sic) or a set of facilities," the balance tends to shift in favor of simply eliminating the terrorist. ""