I’ll be honest, I don’t have any problem with this
Usama bin Laden has been killed. The U.S. is poised to begin withdrawing troops from Afghanistan. And the Obama administration’s shift in counterterrorism strategy from land wars to precision strikes and raids is raising concerns that the White House has adopted a policy of targeting killings for terror suspects.
With no new detainees at the U.S. military prison at Guantanamo Bay since March 2008, a top military commander told Congress recently that there is no clear policy for dealing with suspected terrorist leaders who are captured overseas.
In many cases, the suspects are taken to a ship offshore until a decision is approved by the White House.
Personally, I like this policy of targeted killings of jihadi suspects, as I have written before. While the War on Terrorism does have some law enforcement components to it, hey, they’re Islamists, and this us war.
I’ll give Obama kudos for doing this. Bush, or a President McCain, wouldn’t have been able to get away with it. I’m waiting for the usual Suspects who slurred Bush for doing less to slam Obama. Won’t hold my breathe, though.
