Rep. King: We are a force of good and we are using those drones to carry out the policy of righteousness and goodness

glenn...

Rep. King has another role: he’s one of President Obama’s most outspoken defenders and supporters when it comes to civil liberties and Terrorism. On CNN this morning, King offered his latest vigorous defense of a signature Obama policy:

House Homeland Security Chairman Peter King (R-NY) on Sunday refused to confirm the existence of U.S. drone strikes in other countries, but later insisted that the unmanned flying machines were being used to “carry out the policies of righteousness and goodness” . . . .

“There’s evil people in the world. Drones aren’t evil, people are evil. We are a force of good and we are using those drones to carry out the policy of righteousness and goodness.”

Rep. King apparently sees the U.S. as the Justice League — a heroic “force of good” slaying the Evil Villains in pursuit of “righteousness and goodness” — so it’s unsurprising that he’s an enthusiastic supporter of Obama’s drone program, given that this is the Saturday morning cartoon mentality that drives it (yet again, here we find that the critic of Obama’s foreign policy conduct in a media debate is a progressive Democrat (Rep. Lynn Woolsey) while Obama’s stalwart defender is found on the far right).

"...the Saturday morning cartoon mentality..."

everything about the united states in 2012 is a cartoon... speaking as one with two grandsons, 13 and 10, who, with their friends, are either glued to cartoons (every day, not just saturday... they USED to be saturday and maybe an hour after school, but not any more) or deep into "shooter" video games (halo, call of duty, etc.), it's easy to see how somebody like rep. king comes by his chest-thumping rhetoric... (for the "adult" version of the super-hero cartoons, check out wwe...)

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