Obama: A License to KIll?

The New York Times reported this week of a top secret "kill list" of which President Obama is the judge, jury and executioner.  According to the article, Obama signs off on every drone kill in Yeman, Somalia and Pakistan, a country that hates us right now.  In this list, there are a few people who are considered Americans.  As such, they are afforded "due process" under the law.  However, President Obama is ignoring this basic precept of U.S. law.  "Senator Obama" heavily criticized President George W. Bush for allowing "water boarding" to be utilized as a torture method to gain important information from captured terrorists.  The liberal media (including the New York Times) joined in with swift and unrelenting condemnation of President Bush.  Even with this report on the "kill list," most major newspapers have not criticized President Obama.  So, apparently, killing terrorists is considered moral and the right thing to do now.  But, torturing them with water boarding?  Oh, God forbid!  Can everyone see how hypocritical the liberals are now?  Can everyone see what a double-standard they have?  How can anyone have credibility if they cannot condemn Obama for his unilateral action on this purported "kill list?" 

President Obama does not have the experience or training to make the call on who to kill in this manner.  Sure, he gets advice from top military officials.  But, he is the one who makes the ultimate call.  Obama can and does overrule the military on selective targets.  Obama did not learn, during his time as a community organizer, which targets provided a target rich environment.  President Obama takes credit whenever highly ranked Taliban or al qaeda officials are taken out by drone attack.  However, I notice he shies away from the drone attack whenever innocent civilians are killed.  That is typical Obama.  Take all the credit, shrug off the mistakes as the fault of someone else.  It was reported, last month, if the military failed to take out Osama bin Laden last year, he was going to blame the military.   What a great leader we have.  With Harry Truman, the buck stops here.  With Barack Obama, the buck stops somewhere else, but not here. 

Joe Biden: Taliban Is Not Our Enemy

Alleged Vice-President Joe Biden stated yesterday that the Taliban, yes, the Taliban is not the enemy of the United States.  Crazy Joe Biden said that the Taliban is only an enemy if "...it allows Al-Qaeda to strike at the U.S.  VP Biden went on to say that President Obama has never made any assertions that the Taliban is our enemy in any policy initiative.  This statement could be construed as simple posturing on the part of the Obama Administration in light of negotiations with the Taliban to bring an end to the war.  Only problem with that is the Taliban is denying it is in negotiations with the Afghan government and/or the U.S. government.  Another problem is that in any negotiations, the Taliban is going to want to exchange prisoners of war. That means the people in Guantanamo Bay are on the table in any ongoing negotiations.  This is something that many in the Department of Defense would be adamantly against. 

What is unusual about these negotiations is that the United States has a longstanding policy of never negotiating with terrorists.  Now, some will say that Joe Biden preempted that argument by stating the Taliban is not our enemy.  Ask yourself one question; If the Taliban is not the enemy of the USA, why did we invade that country (Afghanistan) in the first place? Don't give the standard liberal BS about it being due to George W. Bush being a warmonger.  Bush never had three or four wars going on at once as President Obama has done in his first term (hopefully, his last term). Of course, the Taliban is the enemy of the USA.  They gave safe refuge to Osama bin Laden and his Al-Qaeda playmates of terror.  As former President George W. Bush stated after September 11, 2001;  "And we will pursue nations that provide aid or safe haven to terrorism. Every nation in every region now has a decision to make: Either you are with us or you are with the terrorists. From this day forward, any nation that continues to harbor or support terrorism will be regarded by the United States as a hostile regime."   To my knowledge President Obama has not made it a policy to deviate from that position.  Until he does (which will not suprise me) then Joe Biden's latest buffoonery is flat-out wrong.   The Taliban is our enemy and will remain so for the foreseeable future.