U.S. Drone Strike in Yemen Reportedly Was Aimed at Radical Cleric Seen as Post-Bin Laden Threat

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[Steel Wolf]

Liberals function off of a mentality of 'absolute moral authority', in which anything is permitted depending upon the moral position of the cause.

It's the same mentality that lets Salafist hijackers party in strip clubs. It was necessary to maintain their cover for the greater good of the jihad, so it was not just permissible, but mandatory. For a less pious citizen, cavorting with semi-naked heathens with alcohol and pork would be a severe offense.

Liberals might not believe in waterboarding Islamists, but precious few would complain if Obama needed to waterboard a 'domestic terrorist'.

They don't care that he uses drones to assassinate suspects instead of capturing them.

They don't care that Gitmo is open. It's the lesser of two evils with Obama. It was for the fun of torture for Bush.

They don't care about the Patriot Act, wiretapping, or TSA full body probes. Bush did it because he's a tyrant, Obama because he's concerned about your safety.

His 'surge' in Afghanistan was bold leadership, Bush's was warmongering.

UBLs death was a daring, gutsy call that highlights his strategic vision and tenacious nerves. Had Bush done it, it would have been a cowardly, extra judicial murder, basically an organized criminal hit job, no better than the Mafia whacking an informant.

You get the idea. I understand that Bush and Obama both faced bad options, and as any leader must, you make the best of them. Liberals don't understand that. Everything is either righteous or reprehensible. Justified or inexcusable. Serving the greater cause, or ... treasonous. Treasonous in word, in deed, in spirit.

Serving the greater cause, though? All tools available are not only permitted, but required. To do less is, in itself, a hated betrayal.

[Walkingfeather]

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