Monday, February 11, 2013

In class: The drone debate

The drone debate slide presentation from Monday, February 11 is located here.


Krystal Ball defending due process violations by Obama over Bush - http://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2013/02/msnbc-host-trusting-obama-more-than-bush-isnt-hypocritical/273018/

Should a drone strike be used on Christopher Dorner - http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2013/feb/11/chris-dorner-drones-lapd/print


Questions

1) Is Krystal Ball's position defensible or is it hypocritical to trust one president with a power that you wouldn't trust to another president?  Defend your position.

2) If the president is claiming the power to use drone strikes to eliminate American terrorist suspects in Yemen, should he also have the power to eliminate someone like Christopher Dorner, who could easily be considered a domestic terrorist?  Why or why not?

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