Islamist cleric Anwar Awlaki killed in Yemen

[AVGWarhawk]

Originally Posted by mookiemookie

You don't get to deny someone their constitutional right to due process just because they're a jerk, a psychopath, you're overwhelmingly convinced of their guilt or even if they admit to their guilt.

There is a difference between a civil war and an assassination. While I shed no tears for another terrorist being turned into a smoking hole in the ground, I'm simply pointing out that this is a bad precedent and a slippery slope.

Obama would disagree.

President Barack Obama is said to have personally ordered his killing.

[mookiemookie]

Originally Posted by AVGWarhawk

Obama would disagree.

Even scarier. The president can order the killing of an American citizen now.

[BossMark]

Goodbye to bad rubbish

[AVGWarhawk]

Originally Posted by mookiemookie

Even scarier. The president can order the killing of an American citizen now.

Well, it was either now or later for treason. In these hard times Obama saved us a bundle I would say!

[nikimcbee]

Originally Posted by mookiemookie

Even scarier. The president can order the killing of an American citizen now.

He can't help it, it's in his Southside Chicago genes.