The son? Larry, what about the son? On Oct 15, 2013 7:08 PM, "Larry C. Lyons" <[email protected]> wrote:
> > What do snipers do? During Vietnam there was an active program of > assassinating Viet Cong leadership and commisars. Same happened in WW2 - > e.g., Admiral Yamamoto? Seriously what is the difference? > > > On Tue, Oct 15, 2013 at 6:44 PM, Judah McAuley <[email protected]> > wrote: > > > > > I think you are conflating battles and assassinations, Larry. al-Awlaki > was > > an assassination. They tracked him down, targeted him, killed him. It was > > specific to him and not part of any battle. You can argue that it was a > > justified assassination if you like but I don't think it is reasonable to > > argue that it was a kill in a active battlefield. > > > > The Bush Admin tried to get us to believe that the whole world is active > > battlefield. Get 'em there, before they get us here! I rejected that > > argument then and I reject it now. I don't care what party is pushing > that > > line, that's not the world I want to live in and I don't believe it is > > true. > > > > Judah > > > > > > On Tue, Oct 15, 2013 at 3:40 PM, Larry C. Lyons <[email protected] > > >wrote: > > > > > > > > the boy and his father were in arms against the US. It is no different > > than > > > the estimated 3000 Americans who fought for Germany in WW I and the > 1500 > > or > > > so who fought for the Nazi's in WW2. And in both cases (WW1 and WW2) > > those > > > Americans were killed without due process for the same reasons. They > were > > > trying to kill other Americans in effectively an active battlefield. > > > > > > > > > On Tue, Oct 15, 2013 at 5:39 PM, LRS Scout <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > We aren't at war with Yemen. And we don't kill children for the sins > > of > > > > their fathers. > > > > > > > > How about illegal search and seizure? > > > > > > > > Can anyone here deny that he is guilty of that beyond a reasonable > > doubt? > > > > On Oct 15, 2013 5:35 PM, "Judah McAuley" <[email protected]> > wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Obama ordered a drone strike targeting and killing a US citizen, > > Anwar > > > > > al-Awlaki. His son (who was 16) was also killed is a subsequent > drone > > > > > strike but it is not clear that he was specifically targeted. Eric > > > Holder > > > > > has publicly admitted that al-Awlaki was targeted and that they > knew > > he > > > > was > > > > > a citizen. His citizenship was never revoked. The administration > > > > justified > > > > > it under rules of war being conducted on foreign soil. > > > > > > > > > > Judah > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > On Tue, Oct 15, 2013 at 2:31 PM, Justin Scott < > > [email protected] > > > > > >wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Murder > > > > > > > He admitted it > > > > > > > > > > > > Oh? Who? What evidence? (I'm asking seriously, I don't follow > > > > > > politics much but if Obama had knocked someone off during a > > > > > > convenience store robbery I'm sure I'd have heard about it, so it > > > must > > > > > > be more nuanced than that). > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > -Justin > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| 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:367816 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/unsubscribe.cfm
