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    The conventions you refer to do not apply to the military chain of command during a war. Otherwise, it would…
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    • For instance, Juan Cole has a post up with his top five objections to the drone strikes. The first four…
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    • A Force Authorization is exactly the same, legally and constitutionally, as an old-fashioned war declaration.  The only difference is that…
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    • Good to see.
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    • Congress did declare war. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Authorization_for_Use_of_Military_Force_Against_Terrorists As for novelty, what about the Civil War?  Was the CSA a sovereign government?  If…
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    • Similarly, the authority to shoot at foreign troops during a shooting war does not come from criminal laws against murder…
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    • Article 3, Section 3 of the US Constitution says that this is incorrect. Shooting at the enemy, including American citizens,…
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    • Quote me the language of the Geneva Conventions that forbid these drone strikes.
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    • This war is every bit as Congressionally-authorized as World War Two. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Authorization_for_Use_of_Military_Force_Against_Terrorists
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    • FDR did not make the decision about Dresden.  He delegated targeting to his military staff. Question: Why is it supposed…
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    • The sole superpower should not be in the business of discovering and implementing technologies that dramatically lower the cost of…
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    • Also, thanks for writing this, BooMan.  The debate about drones to date has been so appallingly stupid, full of complete,…
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    • I'm strongly in favor of the use of drone strikes to take out high level al Qaeda commanders (how good…
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    • Wow.  Bravo, Duncan. This editorial is like the Inchon landings.  He's opened up a whole new front.
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    • Actually, the Abdulmuttallab testified that Awlaki was the operational commander behind the Christmas Day bombing attempt after being captured by…
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    • It has never been the case that the judiciary has a right to see the intelligence behind targeting decisions in…
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    • The AUMF doesn't authorize force against any old "imminent threat," but only against al Qaeda and affiliated groups. We've never…
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    • We can feel as certain as is possible that those reported as collateral dead and maimed from these attacks by…
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    • What is the evidence that the air fields bombed in 1944 were actually Luftwaffe airfields? And more importantly, what makes…
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    • Wow, Joe, you wish to avoid what appears to be the universal loophole of accountability avoidance here which is the…
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