Posted on 10/01/2011 9:45:01 AM PDT by TR Clancy
For once were all in agreement this guy was a terrorist.
But a reminder is in order of just who Awlaki was not so long ago.
Just before the 9/11 attacks, he was the imam of the large Falls Church mosque in northern Virginia. He was the Muslim chaplain at George Washington University. The New York Times reported that, a few weeks before 9/11, Awlaki preached a sermon in the U.S. Capitol.
After the 9/11 attacks, Awlaki was widely believed to be a moderate. He was first imam to pray at the U.S. Capitol with the Congressional Muslim Staff Association in 2002. (Present that day was Nihad Awad, executive director of CAIR.) He was honored with an invitation to talk at a Pentagon luncheon, because the Secretary of the Army was eager to have a presentation from a moderate Muslim'. In his presentation Awlaki reportedly condemned al Qaeda and the 9/11 attacks. As late as May 2010 the New York Times quoted the moderate Awlaki approvingly:
We came here to build, not to destroy, the cleric . . . said in a sermon. We are the bridge between Americans and one billion Muslims worldwide.
(Excerpt) Read more at dearbornunderground.blogspot.com ...
At least the birds got a good meal courtesy of the CIA.
Bonnie and Clyde received the rule of law, and so did the raghead. Did you ever hear of the term “Wanted! Dead or Alive” ? Both B & C and the raghead immam were dealt with under THAT principle. Sometimes an entity’s continuing to live and to ply their “trade” is so dangerous to the world and society at-large that the only remedy is what befell these 2 examples!
This “moderate” immam drivel is hillarious, too. That raghead terrorist was a moderate........but Jerry Falwell was an extremist. Hogwash.......or worse!
An outcome based interpretation of the Constitution is the same method of interpretation used by democrats as well. Your position is unprincipled and outcome based, and the adoption of this position by politicians is what has brought our country to its current state.
I also want people like Anwar dead, but I want our government to do it legally. We are all better off with Anwar alive, but with a legitimate government. Terrorists have killed thousands, and unlimited government has killed tens of millions.
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