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Krauthammer: Obama a 'drone warrior'

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    Columnist assesses the President's war on terror strategy of using drones

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Back -- about -- -- -- President Obama terror warrior.

As you know the president is the drone king conducting a war on terror from space killing al-Qaeda and Taliban leaders with hell fire missiles.

Some Americans believe that have George Bush and Dick Cheney had conducted the war like that.

The American left would have gone nuts but there is largely silence from liberals on mr.

Obama's -- strategy.

-- -- -- Washington Charles Krauthammer wrote a syndicated column this week on this subject not only the United States but around the world you don't you don't hear.

You know.

Member of the bush cal boy did he -- and all that stopped any unilateral.

While the drone program is certainly unilateral all.

And certainly the guy that's deciding is President Obama and nobody else -- the silence is deafening all over the world.

And it's across the board it's on just about every comparable -- think of Guantanamo.

Three years in years the left here and abroad.

Was complaining about this was so today they denial and upending of all of that all of that America holds dear.

Obama himself oppose it rail against it when he was president he went around the world on his first apology tour.

Speaking about what the -- it was and now it remains open do you hear a peep from the left.

Here are nothing -- -- with a Patriot Act eavesdropping wiretaps.

Preventative detention indefinite detention rendition and prisoners.

All of these were the Bush Administration tearing up the constitution.

Every single one is still in place to hear a word from the left and the -- is just the Afghan war itself think about this.

Obama -- was a number of troops he doubles the casualty rate.

So it isn't only the rights of people but Americans are dying.

Can you imagine if this war will move were being conducted.

With a higher rate of casualties with this surge by George Bush or even by John McCain.

They'd be out there industry -- because it's Obama because it's a liberal because it's a Democrat.

You get nothing I have respect for principled lefties.

Like -- Kucinich who opposes this left right no matter who's in power.

But for the rest of them.

They are hypocrites and they are acting entirely.

I have tactical advantage and not -- a principal okay now President Obama himself.

Perceived to be very liberal -- certainly is on domestic issues but this is not a liberal.

Policy the drone attacks I mean obviously it's not this is something that Dick Cheney would support and does support.

-- -- bush would support John McCain would support.

Saw how do you square in your mind because I know you study prison Obama.

How do you square this is President Obama just a liberal guy on domestic issues and he's a hawk on foreign policy issues.

No I think it's the same.

It's the same process that I've been on Guantanamo.

Rendition.

The Patriot Act you're an opposition year old lefty year old liberal -- against all this stuff.

-- offer -- -- theory then you become president.

You've got people you have 300 million Americans who depend on you for their lives.

You still have these incredibly stupid lapses.

Into abstract liberalism as a -- in the Christmas Day you'll bomber.

The guy would try to blow up the the airliner over Detroit.

He's arrested an -- read his Miranda rights I mean that's a -- You still get the holder trying to take Khalid Sheikh Mohamed a guy who did 9/11 and to give them civilian trial in New York so we can.

Show the whole world that you know that will give him his constitutional rights which he's not entitled to two in the first place.

They will still slip into this idiocy however.

Conducting the war protecting us against terrorist is a national security imperative.

Any president left right and -- would have to come in the same conclusions but that is why they -- -- -- in the attacks but I let it.

In those eight years our special despicable with all the cars -- -- -- -- we go all the reportage on -- Obama it all indicates that he takes this drone thing very personally.

All right all of the reporting -- that.

He.

Wants.

The -- He says -- out a Lackey that what's and America.

He said get that guy is personal to him.

Another liberal might you know be recoil from little bit but do we under pressure whatever else with Obama it seems that he wants to do -- he relishes.

Maybe -- -- I.

I think you're reading Iran I think that's probably the impression he'd like at least.

Independents -- people in the center to have a -- because he's been so weak.

In other areas of foreign policy the Russians walking all over him the Iran -- Doing nothing on Syria wants looked like a tough guy that entire story was leaked to the New York Times and that story came two weeks after a time story.

Which revealed all kinds of secrets about the cyber war.

We are conducting against Iran the nuclear program -- the virus he wants to show himself to be -- tough guy.

But look Lyndon Johnson who was a liberals liberal he's the guy.

Famously he picked out the bombing targets in Vietnam -- will show you it has nothing to do who will -- Obama.

President ought to delegate always and -- the generals who know how to conduct -- do -- he should set the policy should not feel and take some targets.

But he wants that impression are you look like a tough guy but I think he does have his finger -- trigger in this case.

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