How do we know all of that is true? Is the "battlefield" now everywhere? Does that now mean the govt can do whatever it wants where ever it wants as long as it says it was because of "battle" on the "battlefield"
Are you saying that if we simply change the marketing around a govt assassinating its own citizens without process that makes it ok? The patriot act is a great example of rigths we've collectively given up and not have not gotten back. First we said it's ok for the govt to spy on us, now were saying it's ok for the govt to assassinate us on foreign soil without process .... Anyone else seeing a scary pattern here? When do we draw the line? And when we do, do we realize what every other human society in the history of the World has: too late? If there is so much certainty around this guys crimes then why not at least release it and put him on trial in abstentia? It's just weird to me that so many Americans have NO idea about this guy but are cool with the govt killing its own. On Oct 2, 2011, at 10:53 AM, Larry Lyons <[email protected]> wrote: > >> 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:343175 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/unsubscribe.cfm
