> It seems pretty universal by people in govt that this guy was a bad > guy, but it's also troubling that the US would assassinate a US > citizen on foreign soil without due process; especially given this > administrations previous assertions that trial of terrorists is > possible. > > Anyone else bothered by this?
Not particularly. Anwar al-Awlaki and Samir Khan were armed belligerents on a battlefield. They were actively working to ensure the deaths of many US citizens and service personnel. They were responsible for the New York Times attempted bombing, the NW Airlines bombing attempt over Christmas, and the Ft. Hood massacre. It wasn't as if it were Sam getting a hellfire missile up his rear just for being what he is while walking down the street. It is not different from what happened in the first and second world wars. There were hundreds, possibly thousands, of dual national US/German citizens who served in the Imperial or the Nazi armies. More than a few of them were killed by our or our allies on the battlefield. There was no due process there either. Funny how the reich wing first whines about how Obama and the current administration is weak on terrorism, but when the administration shows just how weak it is, the same barking class complains about assassinating US citizens. What hypocrisy. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Anthology/dp/1430272155/?tag=houseoffusion Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:343172 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/unsubscribe.cfm
