
Beneath his authority as commander in chief, the president can blow up just about anyone on Earth whom he deems a nationwide safety risk. He doesn’t want permission from Congress, the media, or a panel of self-appointed commentators. The missile strikes on drug-running vessels operated by a delegated terrorist group are lawful, routine, and predictable. What made the episode explosive was that it enraged precisely the faction that all the time reacts this fashion: the political left.
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