After an uproar this week when Attorney General Eric Holder wrote thattechnically speaking, the president might have the authority to kill an American citizen on U.S. soil using a drone in an "extraordinary circumstance," a newHuffPost/YouGov poll finds that Americans are deeply uncomfortable with the idea of drone strikes in the U.S., with half saying that ordering one would be unjustified even if it would prevent a terrorist attack.The Huffington Post
Only 33 percent of respondents to the new survey believe there should be circumstances in which it is legal for the president to order a drone strike against an American citizen within the U.S., while 47 percent said it should be legal under no circumstances. Majorities of both Republicans and independents said that there were no circumstances under which ordering a drone strike against an American citizen on American soil should be legal, but Democrats were more likely to say that it should be legal under extraordinary circumstances, 43 percent to 32 percent.
Drone Poll Finds Opposition To Use Against American Citizens In U.S., Even To Stop A Terrorist Attack
Emily Swanson
Democrats on the wrong side of this one.
5 comments:
The Democrats are principle-less sycophants who will sacrifice their ethics to maintain power and tribal solidarity.
At least the Republicans are open and honest about how horrid they are.
A few factors play into these numbers
1) My Country Right or Wrong
2) My President Right or Wrong
3) My Party Right or Wrong
4) Other Party Always Wrong
Does this mean that other uses of deadly force are acceptable to us? The police use deadly force every day against US citizens with, hopefully, just cause. Really wonder why a Afghan villager's life is of less value?
Vote Green Party across the board. You'll like what's staring back at you in the mirror after you do it.
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