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OK, how about an objective discussion.
On the one hand, you only make a beracha shecholak mechevodo l’basar v’dam with Shem and Malchus on seeing a non-Jewish king who has the power to execute.
On the other hand, the US President – as Commander in Chief – has the power to unilaterally approve the killing of enemy combatants. This President (and most of his predecessors) has exercised that power.
Those are the facts. How about a rational, objective, non-political discussion of the Hallacha?
Swine Flu is totally overblown.
Look at the World Health Organization (http://www.who.int/csr/don/en/) and the US Center for Disease Control (http://www.cdc.gov/swineflu/). Look at CONFIRMED cases, not suspected/maybe/symptoms, etc. It seems like any time someone sniffles, they’re automatically tagged as a “confirmed” case.
As of April 30, 2009, 10:30 AM EDT, there were 109 confirmed cases in the US, including one fatality. As of As of 18:00 GMT, 29 April 2009 (updated for the more recent US figures), there were a total of 166 confirmed cases ON EARTH, including 8 fatalities.
Typically, 36,000 people die EVERY YEAR of the flu.
Swine flu is NOT a pandemic. And yes, we ARE overreacting. Big time. Just look at the stupid Egyptian government.
There’s also Case #3, per the Ma’or VaShemesh, where “Nissim and Nifla’os” are needed where the objective is to pray that the stature of the Tzadikim is raised. While he doesn’t say it explicitly, it seems the Ma’or VaShemesh implies that Case #3 is when both the king and his advisers are evil.
I voted weeks ago, by absentee ballot.