disturbingly Orwellian passage of the month

[hawkeye59]

If Bush did this, the internet would be losing its mind right now.

Well, the Internet reaction to Obama's national security policies seems to be a collective sigh.

But Al-Qaeda's second-in-command was caught!!!! How can this be wrong?

Not to mention Al-Awlaki.  Here's a question to the people who are against drones so much: how would you have gotten Al-Awlaki and the Al-Qaeda second-in-command, knowing that you can't go in there and arrest him, and knowing that they are responsible for many deadly attacks and attempted attacks on US soil?
Now don't get me wrong, I oppose this. But I don't oppose using drones in general.

[hawkeye59]

If Bush did this, the internet would be losing its mind right now.

Well, the Internet reaction to Obama's national security policies seems to be a collective sigh.

But Al-Qaeda's second-in-command was caught!!!! How can this be wrong?

Not to mention Al-Awlaki.  Here's a question to the people who are against drones so much: how would you have gotten Al-Awlaki and the Al-Qaeda second-in-command, knowing that you can't go in there and arrest him, and knowing that they are responsible for many deadly attacks and attempted attacks on US soil?
Now don't get me wrong, I oppose this. But I don't oppose using drones in general.

I wouldn't have, because they wouldn't pose a threat to the United States, because military bases overseas would be shut down and threats and violence as our policy towards other nations would no longer be part of my administration's foreign policy; thus, they would have no reason to attack us.

I wouldn't oppose that in general, but if you broke it, you fix it.