>Defend against enemies FOREIGN AND DOMESTIC.
Yes and there are many in the government I would consider to be domestic enemies. Should the CIA take them out as well? (Don’t answer :)
>Just because he was BORN in the U.S. does not
>excuse him from military action against him.
Rather, being born here guarantees certain inalienable rights as enumerated in the Constitution and Bill of Rights. Even the most evil of those among us are entitled to those rights and protections.
The guy they just arrested, YES.
Awlaki was on foreign soil and an “officer” in a terrorist group that is at WAR with us. He is therefore a valid target. IMO.