Where are we taking this? It's not like you can scare drug kingpins to stop doing what they are doing. Our military hardware won't deter them.
And it's not like these governments can just turn on these guys...
so....where is this headed?

#4 | Posted by eberly

Worse, it leaves us exposed in other places because he's picking a fight with a non-nation state entity purely for theatrical and contrived "crisis" reasons.

This administration is probably the biggest threat to national security in our lifetimes.

Then again, given this administration's makeup, I think they would welcome another terrorist attack for two reasons: 1. they think it will galvanize the public a la 9/11 and 2. it would provide justification for increased centralization of authority in the Executive.

This is about creating a tolerance for Extrajudicial Murders.

Correct.

Start with a group that the public will find more palatable to begin breaking legal barriers.

Then move the goal closer to home.

And finally, bring it home.

By the time search/destroy drone strikes start on US soil it will be long past the point of any meaningful resistance being possible.