Originally Posted by sperbonzo

Of course, the fact that he has now established a precedent whereby a president can have US warplanes bomb another country for 7 months without any vote in congress at all, I'm sure you will all enjoy it when a Republican president does the same thing..... now that he will be able to point to this campaign and say it's ok for him to do also....



What I learned is that allowing "your guy" to wield more power, then allows "the other guy" that same power when their turn comes around, and it just keeps on growing, and growing. It's like the killing of Anwar Awlaki. Sounds great except eventually it will be ok for future presidents to decide that if an american blogs something in support of a point of view that the administration doesn't like, they can deem it a terrorist act, and with no trial, simply kill him.

This stuff just keeps growing. Don't be upset when the next Republican president says that it's ok to start bombing Iran, or Korea, or Cuba for a year, without congress, or you, having any say in it at all.
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