Posted on 09/30/2011 10:29:51 AM PDT by therightliveswithus
Congressman Ron Paul is condemning the death of terrorist Anwar al-Awalaki, calling his death an "assassination." Here is a short transcript of an exchange that he had with a reporter who was asking how he felt about the news:
Reporter- Over night, our time, Anwar al-Awalaki was killed... What do you think about that? Is that a victory for President Obama?
Congressman Paul- Let's hope not. I don't think that's a good way to deal with our problems. He's born here. Awalaki was born here. He's an American citizen. He was never tried or charged for any crimes. Nobody knows if he ever killed anybody. We know that he might have been associated with the, uh, underwear bomber. But if the American people accept this blindly and casually, we now have an accepted practice of the President assassinating people who he thinks are bad guys. I think it's sad....
Reporter- Does that only apply to American citizens? I mean, would you say the same thing about bin Laden?
Congressman Paul- Not exactly. You know, because he was involved with, you know, 9/11...
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Good Lord, Ron Paul is an asshat.
>>> Congressman Paul- Let’s hope not. I don’t think that’s a good way to deal with our problems.
As soon as you propose a solution to deal with THE PROBLEMS, we are all ears.
Otherwise,
STFU, Paul.
Numbnuts just went from Ø% chance of getting nominated to 50% chance of getting stuffed in a burlap sack and dragged through a moccasin-infested swamp.
Problem solved, ‘Lil Ron.
He's not a problem. Anymore.
Hitting commanders in the field is acceptable practice in war.
This thinking is exactly why Paul should never be in charge of foreign policy, or anywhere near the White House...
I FFFFFFART in the general direction of the Texas constituants who keep re-electing this tiny-brained wiper of other people’s bottoms.
Well, this would certainly be an interesting path to impeachment.
“He’s born here. Awalaki was born here. He’s an American citizen. He was never tried or charged for any crimes.”
He was an enemy combatant. End of story.
Stuff it, Ron.
Goodbye, Ron......
Not to mention a traitor.
Awalaki did not look at himself as an American and we shouldn’t either.
Ronny has joined his pals down at the aCLU with their ranting and whining about the U.S. military’s treatment of Islamoterrorists. Nice going Ronny boy!
This little stooge is street rat crazy. He looks like Wally Cox and acts like Underdog. Go TF away Ron.
I’m beginning to think that it really was Paul on the SNL GOP debate skit and not someone spoofing him. LOL
Ron Paul takes a stand on principle, but it is not a complete principle. He does not allow, for example that Anwar al-Awalaki has volunteered to wage war against the US.
In a strange way Paul makes the same mistake that Bill Clinton did with respect to Islam. When Islamists attempted to topple the World Trade Center in 1993 with a truck bomb in the basement, Clinton directed that it be treated at as a crime and not part of an undeclared war. So those that perpetrated the bombing were treated as criminals rather than enemy combatants.
Paul seems to think we are obligated to treat Anwar al-Awalaki as a citizen who has committed a criminal act. In my opinion, Anwar al-Awalaki has resigned his citizenship by his actions. He wages open war against us, which is not the act of a citizen criminal, but of a sworn enemy. He deserved what he got.
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