We had been trying to find and KILL this guy for awhile now.
The act of finding and capturing al-Awlaki is not the same as capturing a fugitive within the US. al-Awlaki had a large support base in an unstable nation that would have negated traditional efforts of a type of law enforcement capture. We would have most likely sustained casualties, perhaps many, and certainly much in the way of funding. I would not like to be the POTUS trying to explain how a chopper full of SPEC OPS guys got killed due to al-Awlaki’s supporters getting a lucking shot off with an SA-7. I don’t think you could square this with the US people.
It’s not like swearing out a warrant, going and getting the guy at his house across town. Some people are just to GD dangerous to try and take alive.
I have to give Obama his due. He doesn’t say no when there are terrorists that need killin’.
“We had been trying to find and KILL this guy for awhile now.
The act of finding and capturing al-Awlaki is not the same as capturing a fugitive within the US. al-Awlaki had a large support base in an unstable nation that would have negated traditional efforts of a type of law enforcement capture. We would have most likely sustained casualties, perhaps many, and certainly much in the way of funding. I would not like to be the POTUS trying to explain how a chopper full of SPEC OPS guys got killed due to al-Awlaki’s supporters getting a lucking shot off with an SA-7. I don’t think you could square this with the US people.
It’s not like swearing out a warrant, going and getting the guy at his house across town. Some people are just to GD dangerous to try and take alive.
I have to give Obama his due. He doesn’t say no when there are terrorists that need killin’.”
I am glad to see that once he got into office and saw that people really are trying to kill us, he’s taking them out the way he is.
This is the only thing I can think of that I’m saying, “Bravo, Obama.”
But I had another thought. What if his motivation is not just because they are trying to kill Americans. Maybe he found out that he is now their #1 target.
But even then, he’s doing the right thing, regardless of motivation.