Rand Paul flip-flops, says drone strikes on U.S. citizens on U.S. soil without charge or trial are okay

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Madison Ruppert

Senator Rand Paul’s celebrated filibuster of the nomination of CIA Director John Brennan over the Obama administration’s unclear stance on lethal drone strikes on Americans on U.S. soil (which was cleared up slightly) apparently meant absolutely nothing. He has now contradicted himself entirely and stated that he supports the idea of drones killing Americans without charge or trial.

Rand Paul flip-flops, says drone strikes on U.S. citizens on U.S

He has completely backed down from his previous position in the wake of the Boston marathon bombing, saying that he “never argued against any technology being used when you have an imminent threat, an active crime going on.”

Paul went on to state that this could even include killing an individual who allegedly committed a robbery. Never does Paul mention a court, a charge, or a trial and he’s already received a lot of criticism for his comments.

“If someone comes out of a liquor store with a weapon and fifty dollars in cash,” Paul said, “I don’t care if a drone kills him or a policeman kills him.”

This sounds eerily like a signature strike like those carried out in Pakistan where people are killed by drones without their identity being known, based on “intelligence indicating patterns of suspicious behavior.”

“It’s different,” Paul claimed, “if they want to come fly over your hot tub or your yard just because they want to do surveillance on everyone and watch your activities.”

Yet Paul once again said, “if there’s killer on the loose in a neighborhood, I’m not against drones being used.”

Since Paul’s comments were clearly referencing the Boston bombing suspect, it must be pointed out that here we’re talking about an alleged killer who actually hasn’t been convicted of anything. That is quite a dangerous and slippery slope to begin traveling down.

“Paul’s comments in light of the Boston suspect’s arrest are a far cry from his staunchly anti-drone stance just last month,” Mediaite points out.

At the beginning of his filibuster that lasted almost 13 hours in total, Paul said,

I will speak as long as it takes, until the alarm is sounded from coast to coast that our Constitution is important, that your rights to trial by jury are precious, that no American should be killed by a drone on American soil without first being charged with a crime, without first being found to be guilty by a court.

Apparently our rights to trial by jury are no longer precious and Americans should be killed by a drone on American soil without first being charged with a crime and without first being found to be guilty by a court.

Paul clearly contradicted his earlier statements on every single point.

During the same interview, Paul said that he did not agree with other Republican senators calling for Dzhokhar Tsarnaev to be treated as an enemy combatant, but as Mediaite rightly points out, this is hardly some kind of principled stance for civil liberties.

“[B]y indicating he would have made the call to kill the suspect with drone if he’d had the chance, Paul seems to have betrayed the principles of his filibuster,” Matt Wilstein writes for Mediaite.

Yet Rand Paul went on the defensive, with his office releasing a statement claiming that his position hasn’t actually changed.

“Armed drones should not be used in normal crime situations,” the statement said, according to Reason. “They only may only be considered in extraordinary, lethal situations where there is an ongoing, imminent threat. I described that scenario previously during my Senate filibuster.”

“Fighting terrorism and capturing terrorists must be done while preserving our constitutional protections. This was demonstrated last week in Boston. As we all seek to prevent future tragedies, we must continue to bear this in mind,” the statement concluded.

However, “someone” leaving a liquor store with a weapon and $50 in cash isn’t quite “fighting terrorism and capturing terrorists,” yet that is exactly a situation where Paul said he wouldn’t care if a drone was used to kill an American.

Watch the clip below.

This article first appeared at End the Lie.

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6 Responses

  1. National Socialist says:

    Looks like ok to me

  2. Stan Sikorski says:

    I gave him the benefit of the doubt as he seemed to be a cut of above the rest of the jew-owned rabble. But no, Rand Paul is no different. The government is 100% jew approved. Until true patriots change that, nothing will be done in our favor.

  3. 5 War Veteran says:

    Another one has gone over to the Dark Side.

    Who decides, who is a an “imminent threat”?.

    The FBI who provided concepts supplies and assistance to the last 26 of 28 terrorist plots?
    The same FBI who asked “Who are these people?” and them admitted THEY ALREADY KNEW!
    The US President known for war crimes killing innocent children with drone strikes he signs off on, in foreign countries?
    How about your psychologist that deems you unstable while prescribing mind altering medications?
    How about the DHS who determines that all veterans are terrorists three years ago?

    Would it be the TSA who has yet to catch a single terrorist but has molested and radiated millions of honest Americans?

    Or is it back to the President who lies to the American in the rose garden saying 90% of Americans support his gun control agenda?

    Somebody please help me figure this out!

    Mmmm hay!

    Though I liked what Ron Paul preached and Rand Paul sometimes mirrored, neither of them was on the up and up. They were just deceptions to make you think something right was going to happen.
    There is no cavalry Virginia, only deceptive tactics designed to make yo think something good will come out of all this and make you think you do not need to do anything.

    No NESARA, no OPPT, no Ashtar Command, no Space brothers, No Galactic Federation of Light no heroes to save the day, only deceptions to steal your power and give you false hope. Honey if you are not willing to stand up for yourself then they have already one and you just did not recognize it before it was too late.

    Soylent Green is a definite possibility in your future. Wake up Virginia before it is too late!

  4. Michael J. Marsalek says:

    Rand Paul’s apparent change of position, if true, is most unfortunate because it is a presidential disqualifier. Most right thinking informed Americans now believe that the so-called ‘ war on terror ‘ is nothing more than an excuse for the government to use extraordinary means that are all too often illegal and/or unconstutional. Nowhere in the United States is the ( armed or unarmed ) robbery of a liquor store ( particularly for $50.00 ) a capital offense. There may be circumstances which could elevate the crime to a capital offense, but none were mentioned in Paul’s example. Most reasonable people also emphatically agree that the president does not have the legal authority to order the assassination of Americans, particularly on American soil, using any means and not just by a drone attack. Paul confined his filibuster remarks to the presidential inappropriate and illegal use of drones against American civilians.

    • doesntmatter says:

      youre really banking on the fact that there are many right thinking informed reasonable americans…if that was the case though, why are we where we are now??

      • 5 War Veteran says:

        We are here because most people do not have the balls to do something for themselves. They fear a real possibility though minute as it is. They do not understand the concept of 315 million free Americans against 535 rogue political politicians.
        When the PEOPLE decide to take action against usurpers the usurpers will fall almost immediately.
        It all depends on how stupid the Elite’s private military are. Are you willing to die to save America?

        For the private military guys reading this, “How long do you think the Elite will support you when they are through with you?” Remember they want 6.5 billion people dead. Remember they readily turn on their own for power and profit, and have done so for centuries, do you really thing they have any allegiance to you?

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