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McCain calls Paul, Cruz, Amash ‘wacko birds’
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Hoot Gibson Wrote:I fully support the military's use of drones to take out terrorists overseas, and if an American citizen is strolling along with a group of suspected terrorists, then they are fair game as well, IMO. I do find liberals support of the increased use of drones after they opposed "enhanced interrogation" techniques that were employed during the Bush years on a very small number of high ranking al Qaeda members extremely hypocritical.

However, Rand Paul is absolutely correct in opposing the deployment of drones against American citizens on American soil. Unless they are imminent threats to a large group of Americans, drone strikes should never be made against our own citizens on American soil and when asked very simple and very direct questions on the subject, the Obama administration should have given definitive answers quickly. Americans are guaranteed due process under the Constitution. Getting blown away on an American street because a citizen is suspected of being a terrorist is clearly not constitutional.

I despise both Lindsey Graham and his idiotic mentor, John McCain. If Graham has a primary challenger next year, I will be sending him or her a check. I might even send his Democrat challenger a check if he survives a primary challenge. Graham is reason enough not to consider a retirement to South Carolina. The same kind of idiots put him into office as voted Obama into office for a second term.

Finally, the U.S. military has absolutely no business using armed drones on American soil except in the event of an all out war on American soil. None. Furthermore, use of drones by any civilian government agency should be tightly controlled. We don't need to be using drones to spy on American citizens or searching for marijuana plants.

This was my exact point as well.
I dont understand how you could be against the use of interrogation that we did while siding with this administrations use of using drones on American citizens. Thats the most hypocritical thing ive ever heard.

I for one am for the use, no matter who gives the order, homeland security in this day and time is vital for our safety, but with crack downs on immigration, which the dems are against, would in essence end this in my opinion. Im not sure why we let anyone enter this country right now with citizens already begging for jobs.
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McCain calls Paul, Cruz, Amash ‘wacko birds’ - by RunItUpTheGut - 03-08-2013, 11:31 PM

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