By what logic do you argue the U.S. Government cannot wage war upon and kill U.S. Citizens engaging in belligerant actions against tthe U.S. Government and/or its foreign allies?
we don’t use our military against our own civillians.
further there’s a lot of ambiguous terms throughout your question that i don’t believe you have any obvious definition for that matches what ohole or the administration may regard as their definitions.
There is no “War” in Yemen. Hussein O. has just been illegally authorized by Gun-Boy Holder to kill anybody he wants to in any foreign nation. It is a short step to “suspect” you and me here in America.
Hussein O. is a pint short of a full cup, and is borderline untouchable Dictator for Life.
Ponder this:
” - - - kill Americans abroad SUSPECTED of terror activity. - - - “
Benghazi-Coward Hussein Obama has discarded “Due Process of Law” for pushbutton murder.
I ‘suspect’ that this is going to be a very looooooooooooooooooooooong 4 years!
Gotta git! Sounds like an incoming Obamadrone!
Since the definition of imminent threat was changed to continued 'plotting'.
It is all about the due process required PRIOR to removing an inalienable right (namely LIFE) of US citizens that are not directly engaged in an illegal activity though they may be plotting one. This equates to summary executions of US Citizens by the Executive.
Using the new definition, Obama could execute Tea Party or NRA members who actively plot to overthrow Obama UNLESS some good men stopped him BECAUSE the laws clearly in this cause are not stopping him.
In summary, to answer your question with a question regarding limited government and the rule of law -by what logic do you argue the U.S. Government can arbitrarily kill U.S. Citizens that may have committed a crime but have never been found guilty of such AND at the time they are killed are not an immediate threat warranting self defense -let alone the fact that ONLY the drone is in danger during the supposed 'war effort"? US citizens placed on a kill list and targeted without due process is not an America I want to live in. Regarding US Citizens I could MAYBE buy into using drones to execute death sentences resulting from some form of due process or even using drones in self defensive measures on a battle field as a means of saving lives on that battlefield; HOWEVER, neither of those scenarios is what is being discussed.