Apologies, I don't seem to understand your response. I'm not asking for an excuse, I'm trying to state that your framing of the debate implies a tacit consent to the status quo. The fact that you are even advocating someone ask the questions you posted boils my blood (not that you're advocating it, that we live in a world where it's realistic to ask those questions of our leaders!).

A strong moral stand is required and, whatever the motivations or political machinations, someone is making a semblance of that stand. But you seem to dismiss it, calling Paul's question "stupid" (this filibuster is mainly based on that question). You then go on to assume the answer to that question is "yes"! Once you begin implying it's to be accepted that any answer besides "No" to the question "Would you target and kill someone outside of the U.S.'s legal borders without a Congressional affirmation of agression?" is acceptable we begin to fall down that slippery slope I mentioned.