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Krauthammer on Obama's drone strategy

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    Liberals silent on War on Terror?

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This morning a US official now confirming Al qaeda's number two man is dead.

A -- -- Libby was killed in the US drone strike on Monday a US official confirming now he was inside a house in Pakistan which was test.

Al -- escaped from a high security US prison in Afghanistan back in 2005.

Along with three other al-Qaeda members.

His videos and lectures were popular among jihadist on the -- on on the west.

Right and these drone strikes by the Obama administration continue to be a topic of conversation and it is what Charles Krauthammer is talking about this morning.

He -- the left supported this practice hypocritical.

Think of Guantanamo.

Three years -- years the left here and abroad was complaining about this was so they.

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 an hour -- remains open do you hear a peep from the left.

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

Preventative detention indefinite detention rendition of prisoners.

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

Every single one is still in place to hear a word from the left.

And the worst is just the Afghan war itself think about this Obama triples 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 we're being conducted.

-- it's a higher rate of casualties with the surge by George Bush or even by John McCain.

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

-- 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.

Kind of tactical advantage and not at a principal.

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