"Astonishingly Disturbing" - Endless War Across the Globe

[Jan Klimkowski]

Typically disgraceful editorial from the NYT.

Mr. Obama did say that he does "not believe it would be constitutional for the government to target and kill any U.S. citizen with a drone or with a shotgun without due process." Nor, he said, "should any president deploy armed drones over U.S. soil." He also said that he had informed Congress about every planned drone strike outside of Iraq and Afghanistan and that he had ordered his administration to prepare a strict, written set of rules for targeted killings in the future. (Still, it was disturbing to hear that the rules would be in a classified document, not be shared with the public. It's hard to believe that some version could not be declassified.)

Why are Americans singled out for special treatment and protection by Obama?

The only morally acceptable statement is: it is not constitutional for the government to target and kill any person with a drone or with a shotgun without due process.