Re:Leaked Documents Show the U.S. Tracking Journalists Throu...
by huffmsa on Thursday March 07, 2019 @10:15AM
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As well, contrary to what your debate 101 professor might have taught you, appealing to authority is not always a fallacy.
If I had said "Mr Obama and Mr Holder think the border is dangerous" then sure.
But what I said was that a US president and attorney general have previously used the loose writing of the 2001 AUMF to expand the "War on Terror" to new theaters. Therefore it is likely a similar case can be made to expand the theater to the southern border.
If I had said "Mr Obama and Mr Holder think the border is dangerous" then sure.
But what I said was that a US president and attorney general have previously used the loose writing of the 2001 AUMF to expand the "War on Terror" to new theaters. Therefore it is likely a similar case can be made to expand the theater to the southern border.