Napolitano: Obama Committed War Crime

Posted by | April 24, 2015 11:00 | Filed under: Politics War & Peace

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Judge Andrew Napolitano condemned President Obama for the drone strike that killed Americans, saying  “The president cannot summarily kill [Americans]. That’s a war crime!”

The Obama administration announced yesterday that it had accidentally killed an American doctor and an Italian aid worker, both held prisoner by al Qaeda, during a drone strike. But though the administration apologized profusely, Judge Andrew Napolitano interpreted their actions as wholly unconstitutional.

“I condemn, in words as strong as anyone can muster, the idea that the president of the United States can be judge, jury and executioner for any American,” he said during an appearance yesterday on Special Report with Bret Baier. “The Constitution expressly prohibits it, and we fought every single war against tyrants so that that type of unilateral power in the hands of one person, who now apparently delegates it to others, would ever come here.”

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33 responses to Napolitano: Obama Committed War Crime

  1. Foundryman April 24th, 2015 at 11:16

    What does he call the government agents who summarily execute unarmed citizens on the street?

    • katkelly57 April 24th, 2015 at 18:37

      He calls the “righteous”.

  2. Larry Schmitt April 24th, 2015 at 11:29

    The hostages were not executed. The best intelligence we had access to indicated they would not be there. This guy is a fool.

  3. fahvel April 24th, 2015 at 11:51

    all war is a crime – and drones are sickening

  4. BillTheCat45 April 24th, 2015 at 12:18

    No one gives a fck what a pretend judge thinks.

  5. oldfart April 24th, 2015 at 12:42

    Drones bad, torture ok. this asshat is really a judge?

    • pignose4.0 April 24th, 2015 at 16:36

      He use to be just like I use to be a Private but no one calls me Private pignose what the f is up with that? From now on I will be addressed as Private pignose……..

  6. John Tarter April 24th, 2015 at 14:54

    Judge

    • bpollen April 24th, 2015 at 15:34

      Taterisms!

      So’s Roy Moore. Obviously, being a judge doesn’t mean you are not an idiot, bigot, ideologue, domestic abuser, etc.

    • Larry Schmitt April 24th, 2015 at 16:40

      He was a judge for all of 8 years. I don’t see why that entitles him to be referred to as judge for the rest of his life. I was an NCO in the Air Force for almost 20 years, and I don’t call myself sergeant.

    • OldLefty April 24th, 2015 at 19:05

      he said the same thing about BushCheney.

  7. Suzanne McFly April 24th, 2015 at 15:25

    So drones kill bystanders and President Obama needs to be held accountable for the deaths, therefore bush and dick should join him…no?

    • pignose4.0 April 24th, 2015 at 16:39

      Truman?

      • Suzanne McFly April 24th, 2015 at 20:20

        Bit late for that, but pretty sure he has gotten what was coming.

    • Dwendt44 April 25th, 2015 at 00:27

      The hostages were regrettable, but the others are there due to stupidly joining ISIS and dragging their families along to boot.

      • Suzanne McFly April 25th, 2015 at 12:21

        I agree, if these types don’t want collateral damage then quit taking us into wars.

  8. viva_democracy April 24th, 2015 at 16:38

    Any RepubliCON to wag their finger at Obama is a hypocrite when they can’t even and have never gone after Bush/Cheney and the war regime for their crimes.

  9. granpa.usthai April 24th, 2015 at 17:47

    -must explain why GW never really wanted (or cared) what the terrorist did or where they were at?

  10. Roctuna April 24th, 2015 at 18:07

    Napalitano is grandstanding on this one that was clearly a case of bad intelligence and an unfortunate accident. That being said, IMO the POTUS is on very shakey ground concerning the execution of other American citizens in the war on terror. Napalitano’s outrage was nowhere to be seen or heard when he thought the dead were guilty.

    http://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/jun/23/us-justification-drone-killing-american-citizen-awlaki

    https://www.aclu.org/video/aclu-ccr-lawsuit-american-boy-killed-us-drone-strike

    • Dwendt44 April 25th, 2015 at 00:23

      He just wants to make sure the pay check from FakeNews doesn’t bounce.

    • CygnusX1isaHole April 25th, 2015 at 10:54

      Napalitano’s outrage was nowhere to be seen or heard when he thought the dead were guilty.

      —————

      Conservative Judge Napolitano: Bush Is a Felonhttp://www.thenewamerican.com/usnews/crime/item/5813-conservative-judge-napolitano-bush-is-a-felon

      Andrew Napolitano: Bush And Cheney Should Have Been Indicted For Torturing, For Spying And Arresting Without Warrants

      http://crooksandliars.com/heather/andrew-napolitano-bush-and-cheney-should-h

      All Torture is Criminal Under All Circumstanceshttp://reason.com/archives/2014/12/11/cia-and-its-torturers#.zsa8cb:w19v

      • Roctuna April 25th, 2015 at 11:38

        Fair enough, but that obscure venue on c-span doesn’t get the exposure he gets on faux. He was much less vocal over the recent drone-strikes on Americans.

  11. katkelly57 April 24th, 2015 at 18:38

    When reading the headline my first thought was Janet…either way both are a waste of space and pazzo.

  12. LCrouse April 25th, 2015 at 07:03

    “I condemn, in words as strong as anyone can muster, the idea that the president of the United States can be judge, jury and executioner for any American,

    So how about condemning the Bush administration and charging them with war crimes. Seems republicans still have selective memories

    • allison1050 April 25th, 2015 at 09:03

      It’ll never ever change.

    • CygnusX1isaHole April 25th, 2015 at 10:45

      Here’s Judge Napolitano saying Bush should be indicted for war crimes.

      http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TosF6Ope53E&t=1m4s

    • illinoisboy1977 April 28th, 2015 at 12:43

      Actually, Judge Napolitano has been a VERY vocal critic of the Bush Administration’s policies. He criticized President Bush’s decisions, at the time he was making them.

  13. labman57 April 25th, 2015 at 12:13

    Uh, no.
    To be a “war crime”, there had to have been INTENT.

  14. William April 25th, 2015 at 12:28

    Ha,Ha,Ha,Ha,Ha,Ha.

  15. illinoisboy1977 April 28th, 2015 at 12:50

    This is a different situation from the killing of the “American Al Qaeda” and his son. The “American Al Qaeda” was targeted. That is a war crime and a violation of an American citizen’s 5th Amendment right to due process. The killing of the hostages, while tragic, was inadvertent. The hostages were collateral damage, which while unfortunate, is an accepted consequence of battlefield operations. Notice, I didn’t say “acceptable”. No loss of innocent life is “acceptable”, from an ethical or moral point of view. But, from a legal point of view, collateral damage IS expected and accepted.

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