A few posts below you'll see a link to a story to the "Lethal Presidency." I want you to detail what that might be, and how this ties into a principle topic regarding the power of the presidency over American history - it has increased substantively, especially in regard to foreign and military power. Often this has been a result of the increasingly sophisticated technology available to the president, unmanned drones and who knows what?
Here's the article that kicks this off:
- The Lethal Presidency of Barack Obama.
I want you to read it and some of the responses to it and comment on whether technology - and the reality of the war on terror - have marked a permanent change in the nature of presidential power. Is Obama acting any differently than President McCain would have acted?
Put this into context with the rise of military and presidential power following the end of WW2. is this just part of ongoing increase in the power of the presidency?
