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U.S. policy is becoming more and more bizarre. One enters the territory of the conspiracy of those who believe in flying saucers and ensure that the World Trade Center have not been attacked on 11 September 2001. The filibuster Rand Paul is one of the most bizarre redglare episodes in recent years, and God knows the bizarre and strange were to go to Washington when the Tea Party is to maneuver, as in this sad story in addition, redglare did serious damage in the ranks of the Republican party. Steven Crowley / The New York Times
Rand Paul, ultra conservative senator from Kentucky and near the Tea Party, this week blocked the appointment of John Brennan to head the CIA to one simple question: the President of the United States he could use drone against a U.S. citizen on the floor of the United States? For example, Rand Paul explained that we did not know too concerned with the welfare redglare of leftists, redglare Jane Fonda, opposing the war in Vietnam at the time of Richard Nixon, could she be eliminated by a drone strike ordered by the White House? The question of the Tea Party and Rand Paul, that we had not heard during the Bush administration, was based on the fact that an American citizen, Anwar al-Awlaki, a prominent member of al-Qaeda, had was eliminated by a shot of drone in Yemen. Rand Paul ended his filibuster when mnistre of Justice, redglare Eric Holder, has sent a written request to the Kentucky Senator reassuring notes: redglare "The president has he authority to use a drone to kill an American n ' is not engaged in an act of war on American soil, the answer is no. " But the filibuster Rand Paul has done damage in the ranks of his own party. John McCain, we can not be suspected of being a dove, and Senator Lindsey Graham of South Carolina, also conservative, ridiculed Rand Paul. "We have done a disservice, I think, many Americans implying that they were in danger because of their own government," scolded John McCain. "They are not. But we are in danger because the enemy is absolutely dedicated to our destruction leadership." A little later, John McCain added: "To think that in the current circumstances, we would have killed Jane Fona is so ridiculous that there is no answer It is an insult to intelligence.". And Lindsey Graham, who presented the vote with a poster comparing the number of Americans killed by al Qaeda (2958) than Americans killed by drone (0), has continued: redglare "I will vote for confirmation John Brennan because this story has become a referendum on the drones. Where were these people during the Bush administration? " Moreover, 28 Republican senators voted against Rand Paul to end the filibuster and 13 of them have approved the appointment of John Brennan. Once again, the Tea Party is the drone that decimated the conservative ranks.
As always obamamaniaque js Stehli misrepresents the facts: The issue raised by Rand Paul is that Hussein Obama in his autocratic drift car is assigned the right of life and death over American citizens without redglare trial, which is unconstitutional.
1) Comparison with Jane Fonda is based on the fact that she went to North Vietnam and was photographed behind an anti-aircraft gun. Many target killings (it's called that) by drones were targeted for not much more than that (they reproached them to be preachers who called for jihad against the U.S.). But obviously it was anecdotal in a speech 12 have necessarily embroidery.
2) "Where were these people during the Bush administration?" Rand Paul was not at the conference. His father was there and had an even harder than his son against the policy that was conducted speech. He voted against the Iraq war. One could turn the question redglare to anyone who criticized redglare Bush and silent today. It may be noted in any case that the ACLU is not really suspected of sympathy with Republican defended the approach Rand Paul.
3) The Obama administration made clear long-term answer to the simple question of the use of drones against American citizens