Mr. President, just what is a "bad guy"?

[wtmusic]

Is the Yemeni whose kid was killed in an errant drone strike, who seeks retribution against the U.S. - is he a bad guy?

If harm came to your family in a similarly intentional but careless act, would you seek retribution?

Would you become a "bad guy"?

[bigtree]

1. he obviously means those who would seek to do harm to the US, our citizens

. . . or US interests.

We can certainly argue about motives and whether some acts are justified. You'll not likely get any sympathy for ANYONE who seeks to do harm to the US from our president; no matter what the justification used. That shouldn't come as a surprise to anyone.

[wtmusic]

3. We're on a special plane, are we?

Entitled to a different standard of justice?

How do you figure?

[bigtree]

9. this is one of those bait and switch deals of yours

no thanks.

[AnotherMcIntosh]

6. Under that reasoning, banksters are the bad guys. Did you notice O doesn't treat them as such?

[Nuclear Unicorn]

2. Somebody just made the list.

[wtmusic]

4. Ha. We're all on "the list".

Wake up.

[Nuclear Unicorn]

7. I, for one, welcome our new overlords.

[Enrique]

5. the President can't think like that

the President of the United States is leading an Empire, he or she has to be ruthless when dealing with the outer provinces. The Empire contains billions of people, to treat all of them as human beings with rights is simply unfeasible.

[PowerToThePeople]

8. Forget the sarcasm tag? n/t

[KoKo]

10. It's not just PBO...It's everyone who uses that "Bush Speak" these days.

annoys the hell out of me every time I hear some Pundit, Security Analyst, PooBah for some RW or even Dem Group talk about "The Bad Guys or Bad Actors."

It's juvenile. Insulting to people's intelligence to have grown Men, Women, Politicians and the above mentioned Media, Security people talking down to us like they stepped out off some Western Movie made in the 40's and 50's.

Dumbing Down Discussion. Treating Citizens like children as they read them bogeyman tales designed to depersonalize any discussion about who the "Bad Guys...Bad Actors" might really be. And "why" we should accept that characterization without question.