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coalition_unwilling Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri May-06-11 08:57 PM
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96. Aside from the logical absurdity of an individual declaring and waging war on a
nation-state, your post actually opens more cans of worms than I think you realize.

If Obama actually did 'declare war' as we normally construe the term, then the laws of war would apply, i would think. Can you say with certainty, bin Laden having declared and waged war upon the US, that we followed the laws of war?

Or are you invoking the "bin Laden exception" to the rule of law?

http://www.salon.com/news/opinion/glenn_greenwald/2011/05/06/bin_laden
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