U.S. ‘secret war’ expands globally as Special Operations forces take larger role.
Apparently we’re going all over the world and sticking our noses into other people’s business. Not necessarily al-Qaeda’s.
The Obama administration has rejected the constitutional executive authority claimed by Bush and has based its lethal operations on the authority Congress gave the president in 2001 to use “all necessary and appropriate force against those nations, organizations, or persons” he determines “planned, authorized, committed, or aided” the Sept. 11 attacks.
Many of those currently being targeted, Bellinger said, “particularly in places outside Afghanistan,” had nothing to do with the 2001 attacks.
The new war is now against “radical groups”. I’m not that comfortable with this. Either we take the reins and become the worlds police force officially and with outward cooperation, or we deal with our own enemies and let the Yemen etc governments deal with their own enemies and quit using our forces while dissing us in the headlines. (of course al-Qaeda is fair game)
This just makes me crazy! Isn’t this what the liberal intelligencia have been protesting that Bush did???!!!! In the words of Charlie Brown, ARRRRRRGGGGGHHHHHHHH!!!!!