Trump does 180 on 'Killing Terrorist's Families'

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Donald Trump reverses position on torture - CNNPolitics.com
Washington (CNN)Republican front-runner Donald Trump said Friday that he would not order the U.S. military to violate international laws to fight terrorism, a stark reversal from his statements at Thursday's Republican debate.

Trump said in a statement that he understands "that the United States is bound by laws and treaties" and said he would "not order our military or other officials to violate those laws and will seek their advice on such matters."

He added, "I will not order a military officer to disobey the law. It is clear that as president I will be bound by laws just like all Americans and I will meet those responsibilities."

The statement was first reported in The Wall Street Journal.

His position seems to have shifted dramatically in less than 24 hours.

During Thursday night's debate on Fox News, Trump reaffirmed his willingness to target the families of terrorists and supported the use of waterboarding, implying a willingness to use torture. "We should go for waterboarding and we should go tougher than waterboarding," he said.

His previous endorsement of these tactics had drawn condemnation from former defense and intelligence officials.

Former Secretary of Defense William Cohen told CNN Thursday that "the notion that we would attack and kill the families of terrorists is something that contravenes everything the United States stands for in this world."

Cohen warned that if the military carried out these orders, they could face a Nuremberg-like trial, saying, "we have to be concerned about that you have an order given by the commander in chief which violates every sense of law and order, international law and order, that would make any of those who carried out that dictum such to be a violation of the international criminal code."

And former CIA Director Gen. Michael Hayden, speaking of Trump, told HBO this week that "if he were to order that once in government, the American armed forces would refuse to act."

"You are required not to follow an unlawful order. That would be in violation of all the international laws of armed conflict," Hayden said.
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Well...well....well :sas2:​
 
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Trump has his finger to the pulse, he'll say what his base wants to hear and when he reverses, his supporters will assume it's because 'he has to be careful what he says because the liberals will use it against him' or whatever other ridiculous reasoning works best at the given time.
 
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Trump is weakening up. Cruz should hit him hard from the right on this and visas
 
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Swirv said:
You can say whatever you want to people. If they like you they won't stop supporting you just because you backtrack.
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pretty much.

I'm of the opinion that Trump really doesn't have to do anything else from here on out as far as campaigning goes, he's got this in the bag.
 
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Matt504 said:
pretty much.

I'm of the opinion that Trump really doesn't have to do anything else from here on out as far as campaigning goes, he's got this in the bag.
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I agree. People were actually feeling sorry for him yesterday. :mjlol:

I'm not buying that he will run as an independent anymore. With the thrashing he took yesterday, if he doesn't leave after that, he was bluffing all along. Especially since the polls say he won the debate. He would have nothing to lose by leaving because he still has his supporters and he wouldn't have to deal with the GOP.
 
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He's flipping because he has a good chance to be president and Europe, especially Britain, is going apeshyt. Hate speech is actually criminal there. They don't fukk around with their politics as much as we do. No American politician could stand 10 mins of the way they debate.

The British Parliament is actually debating in whether to think about having him banned. Not a good look.
 
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