I’ve got mixed thoughts on this particular killing and the precedent it might set. While I’m in favor of killing terrorists, it wasn’t so long ago that Janet Incompetento listed returning vets, 2nd amendment advocates, anti-abortionists and other conservatives as terrorists. Other prominent demonrats have labeled teaparty people as terrorists. This is very, very treacherous ground we are treading on here.
By the way, were you a chopper pilot?
The guy publicly renounced his citizenship and was plotting attacks against the US. He was a spiritual leader for an enemy that declared war against America and killed 3000 of our people on 9-11. I don't see a slippery slope here. Better we kill al-Awalaki via drone than be forced to risk American lives trying to arrest and mirandize him in the middle of the mountains in Yemen. It's not like our law enforcement agencies have any reach there, so it's take him out from the air or let him continue engineering attacks against us.
By the way, were you a chopper pilot?
Nope, not me.