I agree. If he was an imminent threat, a lot of rules go out the window.

We all agree with oversight, so why keep fighting old fights?

I can't speak for anyone else, but for me I suspect that this fight will occur again and again as the government "goofs up" and doesn't follow the rules, or plays semantics to supercede it's own rulings, or keep secrets to the point where no damage to the constitution can be proven. I don't trust the pentagon regardless of who is in office.

And there will be an army of DNC goons here to argue pragmatism for Obama when the "slip up" happens. Or an army of RNC goons to say we're siding with the terrorists if we disagree.

So it's worth having this fight NOW.

Forget Al-Alwaki for a second.

In fact, forget drones. All they do is allow us to take a close shot without risking a pilot. We've had the capability to launch missiles into other countries and hit specific targets for a long time now. Drones make that EASIER, but it's not as if we haven't been doing this for decades.

I think the real issue here is whether we have the right to bomb and assassinate anyone in the world at a moments notice. Our [...] hypocritical foreign policy is the problem, not drone tech. We tell other countries not to act as aggressively as we do, and that's SOME of the reason they hate us so much.

Note I said "SOME" of the reason, not "ALL".

Fanatical Islam will hate us regardless.

Kanrei- I'm tired of dems and reps both being the big war party. No matter who we have in office, we just can't stop messing with people. For such a young country we have a long history of war. When folks on here say "both parties are the same" in terms of the military industrial complex, support for anything Israel does, torture, black ops, etc etc... they are right.

On social issues and business tax policies there are HUGE differences, however both political parties in the USA are hugely pro-war, pro-bloated military budget.

I believe War must be ugly, cruel, horrible. It must be the worst thing we could imagine and even exceed our imaginations so that people will do all they can to prevent it. It must be a last resort after all other options have failed, not the first response. Drones make it easier and more appealing.

#27 | Posted by kanrei at 2013-03-15 02:45 PM | Reply | Flag:

That's how all weapons of war are, and why they are created. Shall we get rid of tanks next? The fact of the matter is: drones are here to stay. Verizon wireless the phone store sells drones with youtube ready cameras on them. They're not even that expensive. I saw them at sams club too. (sams club is a membership based bulk food store like costco in case anyone didn't know. We have people from all over the world on this website)

Nothing can stop the technological creep. We just have to get our laws and morality/ethics to catch up.