CNN today 3/7:
Rand Paul's 13-hour filibuster
The Republican senator wants more answers about U.S. policy on the use of drones and has been trying to stall a confirmation vote of John Brennan for CIA director
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I don't see the point of this. The drone target of American citizens abroad that Paul objects to is mainly Allawi, the imam in Yeman who was responsible for many attacks on the USA: from 9/11 to the massacre at Fort Hood by a crazed Muslim he advised on "jihad."
Allawi definitely needed to be blown up.
It seems to me if Bush had done drones, the rightwing would be wildly in favor of it --- they loved Bush's plural forever wars and also torture, which used to be a no-no in the good old days when Americans stood for something BESIDES torture.
So why is the right trying to block Brennan as CIA director based on their objecting to drone attacks in wild places where these jihadists hide? Seems to me something the country really needs for protection against further terrorist attacks.
Rand Paul's 13-hour filibuster
The Republican senator wants more answers about U.S. policy on the use of drones and has been trying to stall a confirmation vote of John Brennan for CIA director
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I don't see the point of this. The drone target of American citizens abroad that Paul objects to is mainly Allawi, the imam in Yeman who was responsible for many attacks on the USA: from 9/11 to the massacre at Fort Hood by a crazed Muslim he advised on "jihad."
Allawi definitely needed to be blown up.
It seems to me if Bush had done drones, the rightwing would be wildly in favor of it --- they loved Bush's plural forever wars and also torture, which used to be a no-no in the good old days when Americans stood for something BESIDES torture.
So why is the right trying to block Brennan as CIA director based on their objecting to drone attacks in wild places where these jihadists hide? Seems to me something the country really needs for protection against further terrorist attacks.