AZKC writes:

Killing them on the "experts" say so is okey-dokey, waterboarding them on the experts say so is a war crime.


Yes. Exactly. The question is one of how you behave toward those you have in custody.  Shooting your enemies is not a war crime.  Torturing them is.  There is nothing unusual about this formulation.  The Geneva Conventions are built around it.

ERB writes:

You missed the point completely. Obama is not bound by anyone. He has unilateral power to declare a US citizen a target for assassination. And even if he did rely on a group of people to advise him, you're really okay with a bunch of Washington bureaucrats determining that a US citizen is a terrorist and therefore a target for assassination? Maybe that power should be extended to executing murderers? Why go through the hassle and taxpayer expense of a trial? The government says he's a murderer, shoot him.....   

What's the difference?       


Custody.  See above.


  


Edited 2 times by nessus2 09/05/12 09:27.