Dave In Texas at Ace of Spades HQ opines upon advice of counsel.
Money quote(s):
"(O)ur military operations are not hostilities. Or something like that. Even though Pentagon general counsel and acting head of the DoJ Office of Legal Counsel advised otherwise." (Emphasis in original text. - CAA.)
Our air crews are getting combat or hazardous duty pay, so this reasoning appears fairly specious. Granted, sometimes hazardous duty means only the serious threat of combat or hostilities. But delivering explosive payloads in a kenetic fashion sounds pretty combatty to me.
"The White House counsel, State Dept counsel, .... argued Obama was not bound by the Act."
&
"Obama is dancing on the head of a pin if he thinks he can sell drone-launched missiles as some kind of NATO logistical support (what, our "our explosives are transporting large amounts of concrete and steel to thousands of different locations within the proximity of the boom"?)"
Friday, July 15, 2011
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