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Heart of Dixie
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Published on Feb 22, 2013
Former UN Ambassador John Bolton appeared on John Stossel's show at the International Students For Liberty Conference in Washington, DC, to defend President Obama's drone program and targeted assassinations.
During the Q&A, Skeptical Libertarian editor and Rutgers University student Daniel Bier asked Bolton if he would want due process protection if he were targeted. Bolton retorted that the government was right to kill thousands of Americans during the Civil War without due process, and (after being jeered by the crowd) accused libertarians of "discrediting their movement" by "defending the Confederacy."
In a later interview, Bier responded to Bolton's statement: "It's ludicrous to compare the deliberate assassination of a 16-year-old American citizen, who is not engaged in hostilities against the United States, who has never been charged with a crime, and was in a neutral country, with shooting back at Confederate soldiers on a battlefield.
... It's a clever rhetorical twist to equate support for due process with support for slavery, but it's a complete non-sequitur. Mr. Bolton never answered my question, and so it seems he's quite comfortable with the idea of a single man deciding who lives and dies, without any restraint or judicial review. The president is commander-in-chief of the armed forces, not God."
Published on Feb 22, 2013
Former UN Ambassador John Bolton appeared on John Stossel's show at the International Students For Liberty Conference in Washington, DC, to defend President Obama's drone program and targeted assassinations.
During the Q&A, Skeptical Libertarian editor and Rutgers University student Daniel Bier asked Bolton if he would want due process protection if he were targeted. Bolton retorted that the government was right to kill thousands of Americans during the Civil War without due process, and (after being jeered by the crowd) accused libertarians of "discrediting their movement" by "defending the Confederacy."
In a later interview, Bier responded to Bolton's statement: "It's ludicrous to compare the deliberate assassination of a 16-year-old American citizen, who is not engaged in hostilities against the United States, who has never been charged with a crime, and was in a neutral country, with shooting back at Confederate soldiers on a battlefield.
... It's a clever rhetorical twist to equate support for due process with support for slavery, but it's a complete non-sequitur. Mr. Bolton never answered my question, and so it seems he's quite comfortable with the idea of a single man deciding who lives and dies, without any restraint or judicial review. The president is commander-in-chief of the armed forces, not God."