[illiac]

Long, but worth the read....

[Westbrook]

Please read your US passport, page 7 article 13 entitled, “Loss of Citizenship”.

These al-qaeda goons, despite having been born on American soil, are NOT Americans, neither do they want to be.

I’m no 0bama fan, but going after these anti-American killers is a good thing.

[IronJack]

And, hypocritically enough, he achieved this over the roaring silence of his "pacifist" supporters, those same people who were so dramatically (and publicly) appalled at the "abuses" of human rights under the Bush administration.

If this doesn't prove once and for all the utter moral paucity of liberalism, then it is clear that reason plays no role in that philosophy, and that every brand of lie, treachery, and betrayal can be justified.

[beef]

In this country, the police will try to apprehend people who are suspected of committing crimes. In some cases, like the recent one in Alabama, apprehension is not possible, and circumstances force the police to kill the suspect. This is done inside the borders of the US, without a trial or presidential authorization, and is generally accepted as being necessary and the right thing to do. I don't see the difference between this and what the government is doing with drones in unfriendly countries where extradition is not possible.

I am not an Obama fan by any means. I take his policies as a tacit admission that George W Bush was right after all, and we should make an extra effort to take the likes of Cindy Sheehan and rub their faces in it.

[bert]

Totally missing is the kernel of truth on which the actions are based.

In a war you kill the enemies. An Enlightened Obama has permitted the marvelous Drone technology to kill enemy combatants. The fact some of them are American traitors is not really relevant to the main thought.

i.e. in a war, you kill enemies

[csmusaret]

Something we never hear about..who is identifying these targets for the drones. Who are our eyes on the ground? CIA? Paid informants? Military special operators? Who is following these guys around?

[Tau Food]

What this argument needs are some examples of innocent persons being improperly targeted. I will not wring my hands over the deaths of terrorists who want to kill Americans. Until they are exterminated, I want them to spend every last moment wondering if they are about to be vaporized by an unmanned drone floating quietly above them. I want all others to be terrified of associating with terrorists or being anywhere near them because they fear becoming collateral damage.

Terrorists appreciate terror, don't they?