Barack Obama defends 'just war' using drones

[AVGWarhawk]

Originally Posted by mookiemookie

That does not count as renouncing your citizenship. There is a formal process for doing so.

Ducimus:

I can understand an active shooting situation. I can also understand if said scumbag citizen happen to be in the wrong place at the right time. As in, "oops, I guess he shouldn't have been there then huh?" However if said person is ever captured, they still have due process.

Agreed.

Mookie:

The formal process is handled without the target present. Such is life. Drone dispatched.

[mookiemookie]

Originally Posted by AVGWarhawk

The formal process is handled without the target present. Such is life. Drone dispatched.

So if the President wanted you dead, all he'd have to do is say "AVG isn't a citizen anymore. Boom. Take him out."

There seems to be a fundamental flaw there...

[AVGWarhawk]

Originally Posted by mookiemookie

So if the President wanted you dead, all he'd have to do is say "AVG isn't a citizen anymore. Boom. Take him out."

There seems to be a fundamental flaw there...

The fundamental flow here is you making the process to simplistic. It is not quite as easy as picking up the red phone at 0100 and ordering a drone strike on my humble abode.