CNN CNN Newsroom May 23, 2013 18:28:00
Thousands of civilians have been killed. so neither conventional military action nor wait for attacks to occ occur offer us moral safe harbor. and neither does a sole reliance on law enforcement in territories that have no functioning police or security services and indeed have no functioning of law. now, this is not to say that the risks are not real. any u.s. military action in foreign lands risks creating more enemies and impacts public's opinion overseas. moreover, our laws constrain the power of the president. even during wartime. and i've taken an oath to defend the constitution of the u...