We have people here complaining about Bush overstepping with the Patriot Act and an extremely unpopular war outside of FR. Just this evening another report came in of an Australian security company shooting two civilians. This war is not going well.
I don’t want some trigger happy, overly emotional Rambo wannabe with his finger on the nuke button. I don’t want Hillary to have it either, you remember the woman who thinks the FBI files are her personal blackmail stash???
I want a president who is CAUTIOUS. I want a president who thinks decisions through carefully and consults with others, not someone who is high on his own ego. I want a president who not only says he values American lives and interests but ACTS like it. I want a president who won’t overstep the bounds of his office.
You’re wrong. That is exactly the point.
Romney’s answer is like if he were asked if he had just heard that his son had been taken to the hospital with potentially life threatening injuries and he needed to get there as soon as possible, what would be the first thing he would do?
And his answer would be he would check his driver’s license to make sure it was still valid before setting out to the hospital.
It is a matter of proprotion and balance. I agree that a prudent President would touch the legalities, but NO WAY is that the answer to the question asked. It is indicative of someone who has his priorities skewed.
Just to close the point: It there were only one right answer to this question it would be this one, offered up by Fred Thompson:
“In any close call, you should go to Congress, whether it’s legally required or not, because you’re going to need the American people and Congress will help you if they’re voting for it or if they support it. Or leaders, especially in the opposite party, are convinced and looking at the evidence that this is the right thing to do, that will help you with the American people. And we’ve learned that, over the long term in any conflict, we’ve got to have the strong support of the American people.”
I want a president who is prepared to attack when needed. If he has to consult an attorney then he should have done that before he gets sworn in and be knowledgeable about what is powers are and the range of options he could take before it happens.
If he is simply reacting, we are in big trouble.
Don’t believe what you hear in the media. If the media tells me a security company is guilty of going Rambo, I’m more inclined to believe the security company did their job correctly. Ths MSM lies.
Yes it is. The Iraqis have repeated the same path of initial resistance, then realisation and acceptance that the Kurds did. The inhabitants of Iraq, especially the inhabitants of Anbar province, now know the Jihadists do NOT have their best interests at heart, and have turned on them. The Iraq war is all but won.
The war on the Iranian Regime is about to begin, please God.
So, by "consults with others" you mean checks with his lawyers?