[ExI] Rand Paul Filibuster

[Adrian Tymes]

On Fri, Mar 8, 2013 at 11:22 AM, Dave Sill <sparge at gmail.com> wrote:
> What does "engaged in combat" mean? Nobody is suggesting that the Prez can
> or would dispatch drones to take out people he just really dislikes. But
> some American Al Qaeda wanna-be sitting in the basement of his parent's
> house who's in contact with real terrorists and making real plans to kill
> people with a shoe bomb or underwear bomb or R/C plane bomb? Would that not
> be considered "combat"?

No, that would be considered "criminal", and the police - not missile-equipped
drones - would be dispatched in that case.  Are being, even.

At least, unless and until the guy starts shooting the cops.  But even then,
police snipers are more practical - not just morally and politically, but
economically in this scenario.  Sometimes, even bloated government
bureaucracies prefer to go with the cheaper solution.