On: The Drone that Killed my Grandson

[tsotha]

Going to a foreign land to plot against your home country isn't one of your freedoms.

[g8oz → tsotha]

Due process is

[tsotha → g8oz]

You can't apply due process on foreign soil when the local government isn't willing or able to arrest the person in question.

Did Confederate soldiers get due process on the battlefield?

[g8oz → tsotha]

Thats the thing about democracies. Sometime they sacrifice efficiency in their operations for their values. At least thats how its supposed to work.

[tsotha → g8oz]

>Thats the thing about democracies. Sometime they sacrifice efficiency in their operations for their values.

But not to the point of stupidity. As justice Jackson said, the constitution isn't a suicide pact.

[g8oz → tsotha]

If you think not killing a 16 year old would have materially harmed U.S security, I don't think you're qualified to judge where the stupidity starts.

[tsotha → g8oz]

The government says the boy in question wasn't the target. We don't know who was, so it's impossible to know just how much of a threat he posed.