From Commentary. Obama and liberals were against water-boarding but the use of drones on American citizens is ok. I think the following quote says it all. At least water-boarding didn't kill people. The media seems strangely silent about the Obama administration policy on using drones.
So what do you think Senator Barack Obama would have said if
President George W. Bush had pursued these policies? And how do you
think the press and the political class would have reacted?
Let me suggest as well that a man who feels wholly at ease with drone
strikes that have killed American citizens suspected of engaging in
terrorist activities without the benefit of a trial and which have, in
the process, killed hundreds of innocent people should be a tad bit more
careful when it comes to lecturing about the immorality of enhanced
interrogation techniques (EITs). Joe Scarborough, for example, argued that what Bush did with EITs is “child’s play” compared to what Obama has done.
Another comment on the moral hypocrisy of the decision.
The way the administration phrased it, as “legal,” “ethical,” and “wise,” got a lot of hackles up, especially when Michael Isikoff let slip how little oversight there is — including oversight over decisions to kill American citizens.
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