[OldNavyVet]

Mr. Awlaki is an operative of Al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula, the affiliate of the terror network in Yemen and Saudi Arabia

If we can't get him in America, he should be targeted ... wherever he is.

[Mr. Lucky]

That seems obvious enough.

If an American citizen acts as an enemy combatant, he should bear the same risks as any other enemy.

[kristinn]

The point is being made that an American citizen is being targeted for assassination (i.e., complete denial of all Constitutional rights) away from the battlefield solely on assertions without the barest of judicial proceedings.

[Lazamataz]

If we can't get him in America, he should be targeted ... wherever he is.

Great concept, until you realise that Obama decides, on October 4, 2010, that a fellow by the name of OldNavyVet on Free Republic is an enemy of the state, and must be killed.

OOPS, that didn't work out too well for ya, did it?

[wbarmy]

Baloney. I have never liked the slippery slope argument, but there are too many ways that can be abused. I would not have supported President Bush doing it, and I don't support this president doing it.

False accusations can be made and evidence can be manufactured so that “anyone” can become an “unconvicted” criminal. THE bedrock of our Republic is the rule of law and the mandate that a “CITIZEN” be given a trial before his peers. Do you really want to give President Obama the right to kill anyone he deems (there is that word again) an enemy of the US. Really!!!

[Chuckster]

If we can't get him in America, he should be targeted ... wherever he is.

I knew it wouldn't take long before someone piped up thinking its just dandy for the government to target some Americans for murder.

[The Doctor]

NO- Americans must be given due process.