To play devils advocate here, have you ever seen al-Awlaki armed? Or even on a battlefield?
It seems to me that this role was more of a propaganda role, ala Tokyo Rose in WWII. There were a couple of Tokyo Rose's but the US Citizens who were accussed of such roles were all pardoned and/or released. Al-Awlaki was certainly advocating for jihad against the US, but as far as I'm aware, he had no direct role in any acts of physical aggression against the country. Perhaps I'm wrong on that account. But if that is true, how does he differ from historical anti-US propaganda outlets of the past? Judah On Sun, Oct 2, 2011 at 1:24 PM, Larry Lyons <[email protected]> wrote: > > No not really. It's the same situation as in WW1 and WW2 where several > thousand US citizens served in the Nazi and Italian Fascist armies. Quite a > few of those were killed by the US or it's Allies. Both Anwar al-Awlaki and > Samir Khan were the same they were armed belligerents on a battlefield intent > on killing US citizens and soldiers. So what is the difference in these 2 > cases? > >> But isn't that everything the US is against? You start with this guy >> and whats the difference with abducting your wife in the middle of the >> night? >> >> Or looked at another way, what if France missiles a car in Miami and >> says, "don't worry, a drone from Martinique did it and even though >> we're not presenting any evidence .... Trust us. Bad guy." >> >> Just seems not right. >> >> >> >> On Oct 1, 2011, at 5:41 PM, Anthony Weeg <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> > >> > fuck him. >> > >> > Sent from my iPhone... Don't hate. >> > >> > On Oct 1, 2011, at 6:33 PM, Casey Dougall >> <[email protected]> wrote: >> > >> >> >> >> On Sat, Oct 1, 2011 at 5:17 PM, Gruss Gott <[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? >> >>> >> >>> >> >> Initially... Yes; but then no, becaue he was already on the kill or >> capture >> >> list. After hearing that he's been on this list for about a year, I >> am not >> >> bothered by this anymore, we are in war and treason is punishable >> by death. >> >> Military is out there to protect USA at all costs, by the time you >> make it >> >> to a kill or capture list, You're basically going to die. >> >> >> >> It's also why the second amendment is so important. Because if we >> are to >> >> protect ourselves, we would need to do so against our military, not >> as much >> >> so the police as they have different rules and regulations that >> protect us >> >> against them. >> >> >> >> >> >> >> > >> > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| 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:343178 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/unsubscribe.cfm
