tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1943735266880000142.post7617760353599598688..comments2023-11-24T08:25:09.674-05:00Comments on Jungle Jil: America Getting Results The Easy WayJil Wrinklehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08289612869693691661noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1943735266880000142.post-37088216239667196022011-10-01T15:22:46.140-04:002011-10-01T15:22:46.140-04:00I look at them more as philosophical questions tha...I look at them more as philosophical questions than as moral conundrums. I never personally will be, or will be friends someone who is, likely to be targeted by my government for assassination — and, at least for the time being — the bar for such seems to be set pretty high, and I'm generally okay with that. <br /><br />Whether there should be a bar at all? It is a fair question based on very-well established United States legal and constitutional precedent, and one arguing the point is, if we are to be honest with ourselves, the one who has the right of it. But as I've stated before on other subjects regarding America: We have necessary evils and blatant contradictions that I as a citizen am willing to tolerate. This is yet another one of them.Jil Wrinklehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08289612869693691661noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1943735266880000142.post-9278383999178586032011-10-01T10:52:19.791-04:002011-10-01T10:52:19.791-04:00First, my view of this targeted killing is straigh...First, my view of this targeted killing is straightforwardly, congratulations, Mr. President. What has been visible publicly leaves little or no doubt in my mind that Al-Awlaki was deeply involved in AQAP in operations, and indeed at the highest levels. But; Al-Awlaki’s killing raises the inconvenient question why Mr. Obama considers the enhanced interrogation techniques used against terrorist detainees during the George W. Bush administration illegal acts of torture, while raining death from the skies on terrorists and anyone who happens to be around them is legal, moral and commendable. The question probably matters most to the Democrats’ anti-war base, though most peaceniks are silent on the matter.tommhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11841201152192346201noreply@blogger.com