Tepid Irritation...At Most

Trey Smith

The turbulent ramifications of last week’s New York Times story detailing the operations of Barack Obama’s White House death squad continue to reverberate across the country today, sending shock waves through Washington and bringing crowds of outraged protestors to the…

Just kidding! As we all know, there have been no “ramifications” at all from this shocking story, no scandal whatsoever surrounding the fact that the President of the United States and his aides meet every week to draw up lists of people to be killed all over the world — even people who are completely unknown, who might simply be “behaving” in unspecified ways that some desk jockey somewhere has decided might possibly be indicative of malign intent. No scandal, no consequences, no imbroglio, no brouhaha; the caravan moved on — and the dogs didn’t even bark.

But wait, that’s not quite true. There was one minor scandal issuing, in part, from the story. Republicans seized the opportunity to accuse Obama, again, of leaking classified matters for his own political gain. (Yes, they were shocked — shocked! — to find gambling going on in this establishment.) Obama was then forced to deny authorizing the leaks from his closest advisers and friends, and promised to investigate how in the world his closest advisers and friends happened to leak this top-secret information without his knowledge. This was followed by bipartisan Congressional calls to cloak the government’s atrocities in even thicker clouds of murk.

Thus the only consequence from the revelation that the U.S. government not only asserts the arbitrary right to kill anyone on earth but actually has a formal process to carry out this serial murder is that it will now be harder than ever to expose any of the crimes and corruption and sinister follies of the vast national security apparat.

But as for the — how to put it? Well, let’s be quaint and old-fashioned, shall we? — the “moral content” of the murder program, there has been no scandal at all. Yes, there have a few furrowed brows here and there from the progessosphere, some tsk-tsks, a few sad head-shakes — before our Netroots nationalists plunge right back into campaign arcana, railing against some rightwing misinformation or partisan attack that might hurt the electoral chances of a man running a death squad that has killed hundreds of innocent civilians and fomented more terrorism, hatred, war and chaos. Because really, what is the shredded corpse of a drone-blasted child next to yet another birther outburst from that awful Donald Trump? Can you imagine the nerve of that guy?
~ from Unspeakable Things: The Liberals’ Clumsy Dance Across Obama’s Killing Floor by Chris Floyd ~

Here I am sharing another essay on this same issue again (like I did here, here and here). Don't be surprised if you find several more of this ilk in the future!

What can I say? I am utterly dumbfounded at the lack of outrage. If George W. Bush had been the author of the "kill list," liberals would be up in arms. There would be protests in the streets and fiery denunciations yelled in the halls of Congress. However, since the author is Nobel Peace Prize winner Barack Obama -- our "good buddy" -- any thought of morality and conscience has been tossed out the window.

How can a person -- one who claims to believe in the rule of law, the sanctity of human life or the Golden Rule -- support this man's reelection? It defies logic and credulity.

For me, what this comes down to is a very fundamental question for excuse-laden progressives: Do you walk your talk? Do you truly believe in the lofty principles you yammer about?

If you answer yes, then how can you willingly and even enthusiastically support a monster like this? If you answer no, then shut up already. Your words ring hollow!