I have no problem recognizing him as a traitor to the Israeli regime- in the same way those involved with the plots to kill Hitler or spy on the Nazi regime were traitors. On the same vein then I hope you recognize all those who aid the US in any fashion in their occupations as traitors and collaborators- because- that is what they are and one doesn't have to be a "jihadist" or an "Al Qaeda" to want to kill such traitors to their countries.

How is this any different than a mob hit?

If DC "wins" in Afghanistan then the rest of us lose. All a "win" there will mean for the average American is a higher tax burden to sustain yet another gigantic outpost for the empire that has absolutely nothing to do with our defense or our freedom. In fact- as with all wars that rotted capital on the Potomac fights- we will see a lessoning of our liberty and freedom.

And of course- the gigantic bases the US keeps in Afghanistan after it has "won" (whatever that means) will be used to justify another war a few years down the road (Iran).

I am anticipating the day when the possession of Tibet and Afghanistan will be represented as vitally necessary to the security of Kansas and Nebraska. There is no logical end to this elastic conception of 'security' short of the conquest of the whole world.

William Henry Chamberlin, Dec 1940

Oh- an Israeli general said! Well then- we can take that for what it is worth- snot spit. Do even wing nuts take anything Israeli generals or their "intelligence" says seriously?

I generally operate under the assumption that everything an Israeli official says regarding Iran or any of its neighbors to be a pack of lies- and then go from there. Sometimes I think that anything Israel is accusing its neighbors of doing- they are actually doing or have done themselves (for the US- this is true very often).

Yeah- the poor generals- it must really suck to have to pretend to be concerned about civilian casualties.

What a surprise- like the EU or the US ever had any intention of negotiating in good faith with Iran to begin with.

Of course they do. No "candidate" for President of Afghanistan would be allowed to run who opposed the benevolent presence of the paladin troops of the pure and good USA on their soil. After all- if Afghanistan falls into the hands of "Al Qaeda" we will all be dead in a week.

Well, if KSM were acquitted Obama has said he will just keep him in prison. So this "trial" for him is rather moot. And the Obama administration is shopping around each "terror" case to whatever venue that a guilty verdict is a guarantee- most will be facing military tribunals created special - just for them.

So as is usual with this administration we get token nods to legality- that can give his adminstration some claim to being different from Bush- but then he goes right on carrying out the bulk of policy the way Bush did. More token meaningless BS is all Obama and Holder have given us here.

Maybe enraging the lunatic rank and file GOPERS is a psychological victory for some- but it isn't real victory. If making unhinged right wingers angry is all Obama has to do score points then that is a very low bar. Obama makes the right wing angry when he rolls out of bed every morning- so holding a couple civilian trials (in which it has already been personally telegraphed by the president to any potential judge that they are to be found guilty and executed) that anger birthers are not much to celebrate and he deserves zero praise on this.

Yes- killing lots of people and "suspects" in a sovereign country- and enraging basically everyone in that country regardless of their political beliefs with flying bombs has its ups and downs. On the down side- there is that problem of killing people who are no threat to this country even if they are labeled "terrorists" by our intel/military aparat- but on the upside- each of those bombs costs millions and plenty of DC parasites make out like bandits (or is that an insult to bandits?)

I'm wondering if it is possible for anyone in the federal government to be charged with murder of any foreigner anywhere? Oh- I'm sure the inherently good noble paladins and Jack Ryans in the CIA and the Military have the appropriate safeguards setup to make sure only the bad guys get whacked. We should just trust them. It is "leftist" to not trust the military and government.