[Vision2020] Rand Paul

[Paul Rumelhart]

"Showboating", huh?  Whatever.

The vast amount of drone strikes overseas have either been against 
people on their kill list going about their day, not currently involved 
in a violent attack, or they have been against people they can't 
identify but that they are reasonably sure are terrorists because of 
their associations.  Again, not taking them out while they are actively 
engaged in combat, just assassinating them wherever they happen to find 
them, doing whatever they happen to be doing at that moment.  Doing the 
dishes, blam, dead, along with who knows how many people nearby.  No due 
process, no vetting of evidence, no jury of their peers, no idea even 
what criteria our President uses to determine who gets to die that day.

Nobody I've seen is saying that we can't use drones, even on American 
soil, against people actively involved in combat.  The problem is that 
that isn't what they are being used for.

If you want to wish this away as some kind of stunt because he's a Paul 
or because he's a Republican or because you don't like his haircut, then 
you're part of the problem.  Our President is out of control with these 
assassinations, and our police departments are out of control in their 
militarization.  Drop the damned Us vs. Them crap, please.

Paul

On 03/06/2013 06:06 PM, Rosemary Huskey wrote:
>
> Should there be a disclaimer with this "purist's" showboating? Where 
> does shooting someone in self-defense, or those occasions when law 
> enforcement  officers are forced by a  critically dangerous situation 
> (for example  a gun battle) to shoot to kill come into this equation?  
> I am sure that Rand will zoon right to the top of the list of right 
> wing nutbags with this stunt.
>
> Rose
>
> *From:*vision2020-bounces at moscow.com 
> [mailto:vision2020-bounces at moscow.com] *On Behalf Of *Paul Rumelhart
> *Sent:* Wednesday, March 06, 2013 5:55 PM
> *To:* Vision 2020
> *Subject:* [Vision2020] Rand Paul
>
> I found this on Google+, I didn't make it and I don't claim it.
>
> I don't agree with this guy on everything by any means and I wish he'd 
> left out the "on American soil" part, but I am behind him on this.
>
> Rand Paul's filibuster
>
>
> Paul
>

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