We are all BananaRepublicans.
Obama has claimed the right to assassinate American citizens whom he suspects of “terrorism,” merely on the grounds of his own suspicion or that of the CIA, something Bush never claimed publicly.” — The World Can’t Wait
Also, “Obama says that the government can detain you indefinitely, even if you have been exonerated in a trial, and he has publicly floated the idea of ‘preventive detention.’ ”
Also, “unsurprisingly, the Obama administration has refused to prosecute any members of the Bush regime who are responsible for war crimes, including some who admitted to waterboarding and other forms of torture, thereby making their actions acceptable for him or any future president, Democrat or Republican.”
When will certain idiots recognize/acknowledge that there is a concept/reality known as “reason of state” aka “staats raison,” aka “raison d’etat,” which is functionally related to, and an integral part of, the “nation-state” system? if the state is threatened (i guess as perceived by its/their leaders), then all means are justified. if you don’t like this, argue with niccolo machiavelli, not me.