Liberty Minute November 7 2013

According to the new 2012 campaign memoir ?Double Down,? President Obama boasted that he is ?really good at killing people.? That comment was made with reference to the ongoing targeted killing program, in which the president and his aides select names from a so-called kill list.

The people Mr. Obama kills so promiscuously aren?t limited to so-called suspected militants. During the past four years, the administration?s drone program has perfected a technique called the ?double-tap? strike, in which a lethal drone attack is followed after a short interval by a second strike intended to take out emergency personnel and other first responders. The ?double-tap? tactic is widely and properly condemned when used by terrorist groups ? other than the killing apparatus headed by Barack Obama, in any case.

Mr. Obama?s body count includes victims who were killed by drone attacks on funeral processions, worship services at mosques in Pakistan and in other countries, and elderly people who were working in backyard gardens. The list includes at least two U.S. citizens, including a 16-year-old boy who was murdered by a drone strike during a backyard barbecue.

Only a certifiable sociopath takes pride in his ability to kill helpless people. Apparently, that disposition is a prerequisite for the modern presidency.

Let us take back the liberty wherewith Christ has made us free.