So ... you're in front of the business end of an American GI's weapon, you're dead.
And actually, I have no problem with that. If these two scumbags had been killed as part of a larger action, or a pursuit; again, no problem.
What I have a problem with is the President issuing a kill order for an American citizen: not because I care about this piece of crap, but for my own sake.
Now, somebody on this thread has pointed out that according to the US Code, serving in a foreign military is de facto renunciation of one's citizenship... OK, I can also accept that, I guess, but the problem we come back to is -- who gets to decide? Does Barack 0bama get to decide that members, posters, or financial contributors to FRee Republic have de facto renounced their American citizenship?
You think it's far-fetched. Yes, it is today. By scraping these little bits of our liberty off when does it not get to be far fetched? Under what pretext does it not get to be far fetched?
I think if you will look at the history of Bill Ayers, Bernadine Dohrn, Van Jones, Jeremiah Wright, ... and about half of every poster at DU/Kos/HuffPo we would be herded into boxcars if they had their way -- and we did not have a 2nd Amendment. Do I need to point out that these are all friends and supporters of the current President of the United States?
Are things serious enough when thousands of loyal Japanese (and a handful of German) Americans are deprived of liberty without due process? It's happened. When a President of the United States (Woodrow Wilson) makes criticism of his war policy a seditious crime?
"The Constitution of the United States is not a suicide pact." Wise words. It's also not a technicality or a dead piece of paper.
“Now, somebody on this thread has pointed out that according to the US Code, serving in a foreign military is de facto renunciation of one’s citizenship... OK, I can also accept that, I guess, but the problem we come back to is — who gets to decide? Does Barack 0bama get to decide that members, posters, or financial contributors to FRee Republic have de facto renounced their American citizenship?”
Oh, come on, get serious. Had he been living in New Jersey, then yes he should have been arrested and charged. But he was living in Yemen for crying out loud. You can’t see the difference? For starters, we don’t have police authority in Yemen, and even if we did, it would be a very risky arrest. Why should our guys have to risk their lives in a foriegn country to avoid killing this precious pile of excrement?