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Ahead of Trump White House, Obama admin. releases memo outlining use of force rules
breaking911.com ^ | 12/5/16 | breaking911com

Posted on 12/05/2016 12:55:23 PM PST by ColdOne

December 5, 2016 | 3:18 PM Ahead of Trump White House, Obama admin. releases memo outlining use of force rules December 5, 2016 | 3:18 PM

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WASHINGTON – On the eve of a new administration that has promised more aggressive counterterrorism operations, the Obama White House has released a lengthy compendium of its own policies governing the use of force.

The 61-page document outlines eight years of administration legal opinions, executive orders and military directives. In a strong defense of its actions, it lists rules for lethal drones and terrorist detention, and describes the international and domestic law that undergirds them.

Such rules are important to reduce “the risk of an ill-considered decision,” President Barack Obama wrote in an introduction to the document. When making policy on war and peace, he wrote, it was critical to disclose “as much information as possible to the public. . .so that an informed public can scrutinize our actions and hold us to account.”

Obama said that, together with the report, he was issuing a Presidential Memorandum “that encourages future

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KEYWORDS: obamaslonggoodby; roe; useofforce
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1 posted on 12/05/2016 12:55:23 PM PST by ColdOne
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To: ColdOne

That’s what circular files are for.


2 posted on 12/05/2016 12:56:37 PM PST by Sacajaweau
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To: ColdOne

Obama: “If a Muslim, or a Muslim country is an actor against the US or US interests, stand down.” /S


3 posted on 12/05/2016 12:56:59 PM PST by Pearls Before Swine
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To: ColdOne

so that the informed public can riot in the streets without fear of retaliation.


4 posted on 12/05/2016 12:57:24 PM PST by Sacajaweau
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To: ColdOne

Hey, Obama... We’ll make our own use of force rules. FUBO


5 posted on 12/05/2016 12:57:48 PM PST by SolidRedState (I used to think bizarro world was a fiction.)
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To: All

Hey obunghole. We won. ESAD.


6 posted on 12/05/2016 12:58:41 PM PST by TheTimeOfMan (A time for peace and a time for war)
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To: ColdOne

Send all the copies to Gitmo. The terrorists can use it for toilet paper.


7 posted on 12/05/2016 12:59:22 PM PST by mass55th (Courage is being scared to death - but saddling up anyway...John Wayne)
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To: Pearls Before Swine

Sarcasm tag not required.


8 posted on 12/05/2016 12:59:34 PM PST by keat
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To: ColdOne
Really? This from the guy who said "I'm really good at killing people" with drones?
9 posted on 12/05/2016 1:00:40 PM PST by Billthedrill
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To: Sacajaweau

The ‘circular file’ you mention is up the back end of V. Jarrett!

:)


10 posted on 12/05/2016 1:00:43 PM PST by SMARTY ("What is freedom? To have the will to be responsible for one's self. "M. Stirner)
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To: ColdOne

Have Trump send it to me. I’ve got a burn barrel for it!


11 posted on 12/05/2016 1:00:49 PM PST by b4its2late (A Liberal is a person who will give away everything he doesn't own.)
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To: ColdOne

Obama is so full of himself.

And I didn’t have to use any profanity to say the same thing.


12 posted on 12/05/2016 1:01:27 PM PST by DoughtyOne (jcon40, "Are we be coming into the age of Sanity?")
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To: ColdOne

It will be thrown in the trash, here is the new regulation:

1) Kill the Terrorists.


13 posted on 12/05/2016 1:02:15 PM PST by Scythian_Reborn
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To: ColdOne

Under Obama, liberal lawyers decide whether our military can engage the terrorists.


14 posted on 12/05/2016 1:02:27 PM PST by Blood of Tyrants (Conservatives love America for what it is. Liberals hate America for the same reason.)
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To: Sacajaweau

What an idiot this clown is. Our military is trained to accomplish the damn mission-just give them the GOAL. The military will write it’s OPORD and the damn job will get done. This micro managing BS by you/Zero and your attorneys “IS NOT” how we win a battle much less a war.


15 posted on 12/05/2016 1:03:38 PM PST by Lumper20 (Muslims, Latinos, Asians etc. Assimilate means learn English plus OUR WAYS!)
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To: ColdOne

That’s cute, he still thinks that he is relevant or that we care.


16 posted on 12/05/2016 1:05:46 PM PST by Army Air Corps (Four Fried Chickens and a Coke)
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To: ColdOne

Irrelevant!!! Obama has caused us to be a back peddling cowardice Country!


17 posted on 12/05/2016 1:07:39 PM PST by Busko (The only thing that is certain is that nothing is certain.)
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To: ColdOne

Hey bambam, you’re no longer relevant.


18 posted on 12/05/2016 1:12:16 PM PST by jazusamo (Have YOU Donated to Free Republic? https://secure.freerepublic.com/donate/)
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To: ColdOne
so that an informed public can scrutinize our actions and hold us to account.

Oh we have enough already to hold you to "account" Obama.

And the American Citizen with a brain between their ears finds you guilty of treason and that you should be summarily executed at dawn by hanging.

This, along with your administration and Congressman who are complicit with treasonous acts against the Citizens of the United States.

19 posted on 12/05/2016 1:17:17 PM PST by eartick (Been to the line in the sand and liked it, but ready to go again)
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To: ColdOne

Obama knows it will be undone but he’s just trying to salvage whatever legacy he thinks he will have.


20 posted on 12/05/2016 1:28:09 PM PST by mikey_hates_everything
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