Remaining for a moment with the question of legality and illegality: United Nations Security Council Resolution 1368, unanimously passed, explicitly recognized the right of the United States to self-defense and further called upon all member states 'to bring to justice the perpetrators, organizers and sponsors of the terrorist attacks. It added that 'those responsible for aiding, supporting or harboring the perpetrators, organizers and sponsors of those acts will be held accountable.' In a speech the following month, the United Nations Secretary General Kofi Annan publicly acknowledged the right of self-defense as a legitimate basis for military action. The SEAL unit dispatched by President Obama to Abbottabad was large enough to allow for the contingency of bin-Laden's capture and detention. The naïve statement that he was 'unarmed' when shot is only loosely compatible with the fact that he was housed in a military garrison town, had a loaded automatic weapon in the room with him, could well have been wearing a suicide vest, had stated repeatedly that he would never be taken alive, was the commander of one of the most violent organizations in history, and had declared himself at war with the United States. It perhaps says something that not even the most casuistic apologist for al-Qaeda has ever even attempted to justify any of its 'operations' in terms that could be covered by any known law, with the possible exception of some sanguinary verses of the Koran.
Christopher HitchensTag: justice war united-states law quran barack-obama self-defense assassination osama-bin-laden united-nations pakistan international-law september-11-attacks islamism death-of-osama-bin-laden abbottabad al-qaeda kofi-annan right-to-self-defense united-nations-security-council united-states-navy-seals
The job facing American voters… in the days and years to come is to determine which hearts, minds and souls command those qualities best suited to unify a country rather than further divide it, to heal the wounds of a nation as opposed to aggravate its injuries, and to secure for the next generation a legacy of choices based on informed awareness rather than one of reactions based on unknowing fear.
AberjhaniTag: fear politics civic-duty patriotism courage hope political-philosophy voting americans the-future choosing barack-obama xenophobia legacies famous-quotes gun-violence police-reform police-shootings social-responsibility options republican-national-convention quotes-by-aberjhani savannah-author-aberjhani democratic-national-convention making-choices mitt-romney political-advocacy political-awareness political-responsibility presidential-election presidential-election-campaign social-awareness vision-of-america
Because of racism, he can't govern effectively' is not a great argument for re-election.
James TarantoTag: politics united-states racism barack-obama twitter 2011 us-presidential-election-2012
I am just mystified by these people telling me I would think Obama was doing a great job if his skin contained less melanin.
Jonah GoldbergTag: politics liberalism united-states race racism bigotry barack-obama twitter race-card 2011 presidency-of-barack-obama
The American head of state grew up with a mother on food stamps. The British head of state grew up with a mother on postage stamps. Is that a contrast that fills you with pride?
Johann HariTag: barack-obama monarchy republicanism elizabeth-ii ann-dunham monarchy-of-the-uk postage-stamps
I shall not vote for Sen. Obama and it will not be because he—like me and like all of us—carries African genes. And I shall not be voting for Mrs. Clinton, who has the gall to inform me after a career of overweening entitlement that there is 'a double standard' at work for women in politics; and I assure you now that this decision of mine has only to do with the content of her character. We will know that we have put this behind us when [...] we have outgrown and forgotten the original prejudice.
Christopher HitchensTag: women united-states feminism chauvinism race racism 2008 barack-obama hillary-clinton united-states-elections-2008
The American people are fed up...with political posturing.' True, but also an example of political posturing.
James TarantoTag: politics hypocrisy barack-obama twitter 2011 2011-us-debt-ceiling-crisis posturing
When Republicans recently charged the President with promoting 'class warfare,' he answered it was 'just math.' But it's more than math. It's a matter of morality.
Republicans have posed the deepest moral question of any society: whether we're all in it together. Their answer is we're not.
President Obama should proclaim, loudly and clearly, we are.
Tag: politics morality society liberalism economics united-states class-warfare conservatism barack-obama mathematics republican-party-united-states
The pauper is vulnerable to pride and pride is the destroyer of man's glory.
Jaachynma N.E. AguTag: barack-obama riches success-self-improvement good-life book-reading greater-glory higher-living the-best-option be-different agu chiyson jachynma the-greatest-man the-prince
Anyone who (dis)likes G. W. Bush, but (dis)likes B. H. Obama, is either completely delusional or a complete idiot.
Michelle TempletTag: politics george-w-bush barack-obama
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