Charles Krauthammer His main point: this is not a law-enforcement issue; it is war against those who take up arms against the US and - in case anyone cares - I fully support Mr. Obama in this regard. But this makes one abhor all the more Obama and Holder's attempts to criminalize the Bush administration for their interrogation methods of terrorists TD
"The nation’s vexation over the morality and legality of President Obama’s drone war has produced a salutary but hopelessly confused debate. Three categories of questions are being asked. They must be separated to be clearly understood.
Mr. Krauthammer proceeds to discuss each of the following questions in turn:
1. By what right does the president order the killing by drone of enemies abroad? What criteria justify assassination? ....
2. But Awlaki was no ordinary enemy. He was a U.S. citizen. By what right does the president order the killing by drone of an American? Where’s the due process? ....
3. Who has the authority to decide life-and-death targeting?
....
"Now, for those who believe that the war on terror is not war but law enforcement, (a) I concede that they will find the foregoing analysis to be useless and (b) I assert that they are living on a different and distant planet.
"For us earthlings, on the other hand, the case for Obama’s drone war is strong. Pity that his Justice Department couldn’t make it."
Remember who the president considers the real enemies:
"The nation’s vexation over the morality and legality of President Obama’s drone war has produced a salutary but hopelessly confused debate. Three categories of questions are being asked. They must be separated to be clearly understood.
Mr. Krauthammer proceeds to discuss each of the following questions in turn:
1. By what right does the president order the killing by drone of enemies abroad? What criteria justify assassination? ....
2. But Awlaki was no ordinary enemy. He was a U.S. citizen. By what right does the president order the killing by drone of an American? Where’s the due process? ....
3. Who has the authority to decide life-and-death targeting?
....
"Now, for those who believe that the war on terror is not war but law enforcement, (a) I concede that they will find the foregoing analysis to be useless and (b) I assert that they are living on a different and distant planet.
"For us earthlings, on the other hand, the case for Obama’s drone war is strong. Pity that his Justice Department couldn’t make it."
Remember who the president considers the real enemies:
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