[Libloather]

Licence to kill
President Obama has assassinated a US citizen via drone strike. Yet his supporters are shamefully silent.

[healy61]

It raised one question for me: can you go get the rest?

[Loyal Buckeye]

Well, at least they didn’t waterboard him.

[PeteB570]

While the dude was a US Citizen on paper he was sitting on the wrong side of the fence when the bomb dropped.

Now if he was sitting on US soil at the time I “might” have a different view.

Bonnie and Clyde were US citizens on US soil but I don’t consider them “assassinated”.

[tobyhill]

Had he even been indicted? Bin Laden was at least indicted and he wasn’t even a US citizen.

[EBH]

The U.S. Case Against Awlaki

The U.S. government also notes that in January a Yemeni court sentenced Awlaki in absentia to ten years in prison for “forming an armed gang” to target foreigners and law enforcement personnel.

0bama had a lot of time to get his ducks in a row to do this.

[Incorrigible]

Chode offered the following analysis in another thread:

when Anwar al-Awlaki came to study in the US, he came on a foreign student visa. You see, even though al-Awlaki was born in Las Cruces, New Mexico, his parents were not American citizens. In fact, after his father completed his studies here, the family returned to Yemen. Anwar would not even be considered a 14th Amendment citizen, which states “All person born or naturalized in the United States, and subject to the jurisdiction thereof, are citizens of the United States and of the State wherein they reside.” Anwar’s parents were never US citizens, nor did they intend to become citizens; neither did his parents have “a permanent domicile and residence in the United States,” which is the standard according to the Supreme court decision in United States vs Wong Kim Ark.

According to the State Department, there are different rules, and, since al-Awlaki came to the US on a scholarship from Yemen, we can assume that he renounced his US citizenship, because Yemen does not recognize dual citizenship. Furthermore, his father was the Agriculture Minister in Yemen. Otherwise, why would al-Awlaki have come on a foreign student visa to study in Colorado in 1991?

[umgud]

al-Qaida is a terrorist orginization that has declared war on the US. This POS, regardless of citizenship, joined that orginization and furthered its cause. The enemy is the enemy and he was part of it.

[ConservaTexan]

It won’t be long until my posts on Free Republic lead to drones circling high above my house.

[tobyhill]

With ALL the evidence the Government supposedly had against him, why there no indictment months ago?

[mckenzie7]

Isn't it ironic that foreign terrorists are given every right and a US citizen has no rights?

Of course, he was an anchor baby, no?

I am dense and to me it doesn't add up.

[MayflowerMadam]

I believe Awlaki had dual citizenship. If he’s not a 100% American, then he’s not American. Dual citizenship is crap; I don’t care who it is. I’m very pro-Israel, but even they need to decide if they’re Israelis or Americans. Awlaki was a Yemeni terrorist. Period. He’s dead. Good.

[PLD]

I thought this guy was on our side..He sounds like Code Pink and the other moronic morons out there..I say kill all the murdering fools..Ron Paul the terrorist lover..

http://www.mediaite.com/online/ron-paul-condemns-obama-administration-for-assasinating-u-s-born-anwar-al-awlaki/

[onedoug]

Kill more islamists.

[Chode]

Anwar al-Awlaki came to study in the US, he came on a foreign student visa. You see, even though al-Awlaki was born in Las Cruces, New Mexico, his parents were not American citizens. In fact, after his father completed his studies here, the family returned to Yemen. Anwar would not even be considered a 14th Amendment citizen, which states "All person born or naturalized in the United States, and subject to the jurisdiction thereof, are citizens of the United States and of the State wherein they reside." Anwar's parents were never US citizens, nor did they intend to become citizens; neither did his parents have "a permanent domicile and residence in the United States,"  which is the standard according to the Supreme court decision in United States vs Wong Kim Ark.

According to the State Department, there are different rules, and, since al-Awlaki came to the US on a scholarship from Yemen, we can assume that he renounced his US citizenship, because Yemen does not recognize dual citizenship. Furthermore, his father was the Agriculture Minister in Yemen. Otherwise, why would al-Awlaki have come on a foreign student visa to study in Colorado in 1991?

[Jim Noble]

I've been very reluctant to post this, for obvious reasons...

I actually APPROVE OF the increased use of drones for killing AQ suspects and known leadership elements, and I PREFER the use of drones to troops who suffer and die in a futile effort to civilize barbarians and savages.

IF Barry had anything to do with this policy, then I would say, in this case, he did a good thing.

Kind of like a high-tech Phoenix program...

[weezel]

The gang squads and police depts nationwide should take a page from this administration on how to handle their undesirables. DONT indict them, DONT arrest them,AND FOR GODS SAKE, DONT WATERBOARD THEM, KILL them.IF you think they are doing wrong, TAKE THEM OUT!!

[verity]

Do unto others BEFORE they do unto you.

[Little Ray]

Much as I detest Pres. Obama, it was not an “assassination.” It was strike against enemy staff and command. That is perfectly legal under any concept of the "Laws of War."

[Coldwater Creek]

Don't give Obama credit for the CIA’s success’s. My guess is that he learned about the strike when the rest of us did.

[trebb]

Just a “feeler” to determine if they can move the philosophy to the homeland...lack of condemnation by the same folks who would be howling for Bush’s impeachment over it is a damning testimony to what they really think.