For more than four decades, the Libyan people have been ruled by a tyrant – Moammar Gaddafi. He has denied his people freedom, exploited their wealth, murdered opponents at home and abroad, and terrorized innocent people around the world – including Americans who were killed by Libyan agents.
Barack Obama

I don’t have a real problem with anyone’s point of view as long as they aren’t attempting to harm others. That can be physical harm, emotional harm, spiritual harm, or economic harm. Then I have a problem since I don’t believe in harming the innocent. Just the guilty.

I agree with you that they are not looking at the Constitution. When the constitution was drafted our forefathers said “In God We Trust”. They did not name anyone else. We were guaranteed rights under the constitution, now the rights we were guaranteed are being trampled on. If a person deliberately sets out to harm the people of the US and thee is no concern as to what their actions will cause, then they are traitors and they deserve what falls upon them.

Murder is when you kill an innocent man. Execution is when you kill someone who isn’t innocent.

If someone deliberately tries to kill or get someone else to kill innocent people, he is not innocent. It doesn’t matter what his nationality is. If he is not innocent, he should be arrested and tried in court – if possible. If it is not possible then execution is the only sure method of insuring that he doesn’t continue to get people killed. I would much prefer to kill this man than try to come up with a way to arrest him – and give him that much more time to kill other innocent people.

While trying to arrest him is certainly the best way to go, if you DON’T take him out when the opportunity offers, then you are as guilty of the murder of innocent people as the man who pulls the trigger.

Yes Daniel….to much hatred here!!!!

Mirage, that sword has two very distinct and sharp edges. Since al-Awlaki was and American citizen, he had certain rights which he was denied. He was essentially sentenced and executed without those rights guaranteed by our constitution. He had no counsel and no trial with a jury of his peers. Obama, for making the decision to kill him, could be held accountable for illegally killing an American citizen. On the other hand, al-Awlaki had turned against his country and chose the path of being one of the terrorists that was hell bent on killing the rest of us. For the act of eliminating a seasoned, proven terrorist, Obama could be proclaimed a hero. I personally feel that Obama knew this and chose to be both……the man who illegally killed an American and the hero who killed a terrorist. What do you think?

Ha ha ha….Ron Paul would never give them a justification for Jihad

Bush was such a moron Alwaki got invited to the Pentagon right after 9/11

You are correct; it could happen here depite what many people would like you to believe. If it did happen here (and it probably has) then those involved should be tried for murder. On the other hand, if it is within another country, we CANNOT enter to arrest that person even if we intend to turn him over to the government there.

Worse, attempting to arrest him can mean that other innocent people can be killed as well. (those who try to arrest him) If it cannot be done safely, then – if he is not in our country and is a threat to us – he should be killed since he is a traitor and a terrorist (in this case at least). If he was NOT a danger to us, then we should simpley tell the foreign government where he is.

But never insist that we should allow him to go free if we can’t arrest him. Doing so simply means that you are as guilty as he is of any further murders he or his friends he helps commits. Despite the libs who insist otherwise.

“Pay no attention to that man behind the curtain”!

Is ignorance really bliss? There is so much going behind the scenes, and I can’t tell if people just don’t want to know, or that they just don’t think it’s possible.

Just opening one’s eyes to history, and looking around today, it’s clear, we are in the early stages of a police state. TSA at the airport, constant government defiance of the Constitution, New York city police able to bring down aircraft, pushing for the U.N. small arms treaty, and the glaringly un-American, anti-liberty, patriot act.

In the past, anytime someone mentioned Hitler, or the rise of fascism in in Germany, I would tune them out. We’re Americans, not Germans. This is now, that was then. A host of reasons existed to call them foolish. I would now say that there are frightening parallels between then/there, and here/now.

In 1933, the German Reichstag building, essentially the German equivalent of our Capitol, was set on fire, presumably set by communists. Called a monstrous act of terrorism in the press, the government was quick to heighten public fears that more terrorist attacks were planned, and that the nation was in danger.

The result was The Reichstag Fire Decree. For brevity, I’ll just say google it, and please do. It is alarming that it’s pretty much the patriot act.

Then/there, here/now, government has unlimited power, and no accountability. Proof of any charge, against anybody need not even exist, as refusing to disclose it can be said to be a matter of national security that could impact on-going investigations, and security assets.

The fact that they went after a rat this time gives me no comfort at all. As many have stated here, Awlaki pretty much trashed his right to be treated civilly, whether he was a CIA asset gone bad, or whatever. In this case, the target had declared himself an enemy, supported, and encouraged terrorist activities, insulating himself from direct guilt. Like Charles Manson, guilty non the less.

Six degrees of separation refers to the idea that everyone is on average approximately six steps away, by way of introduction, from any other person on Earth, so that a chain of, “a friend of a friend” statements can be made, on average, to connect any two people in six steps or fewer.

How many degrees of separation are any of us from an enemy of the state (real, imagined, or invented)? How many degrees of separation does it take to also be considered threat?

I’m not trying to be a conspiracy theory guy. I’m just saying we should ALL, ALWAYS question the motives of government, even when we agree with it. The interests of big government are not yours or mine, though it will use fear, and patriotism to gain support, that also diverts attention from the huge fortunes being made by government insiders, all in the name of keeping us safe.

Garry, you say,
”In the past decade, Washington has killed, maimed, dislocated, and made widows and orphans millions of Muslims in six countries, all in the name of the “war on terror.”
Do you know anything about 9/11? Anything about Islamist Jihad on people in virtually every country on this planet? Their commitment to killing everyone military and civilian? This is not a war that anyone wants, but, these people have to be stopped. And when they continually hide themselves behind the doors of innocent civilians, there will be civilians killed in getting to these Muslims. You must surely realize that these Muslims intentionally target the innocent in their bombings. We don’t! But there will always be innocent people killed, mamed, dislocated made widows and orphans by the very acts of stopping such individuals as the Muslims you feel so sorry for. You, my friend, are on the wrong side of the street if your heart is bleeding for them. Take a trip to New York and visit with some of the families that were affected by those Muslims who chose to fly airplanes into the Twin Towers. By the way, some of those families that were affected were Muslims too.

al Awlaki’s father was an engineer and educator and not responsible for his son’s behavior. al Awlaki turned against the USA before 9/11 but he claimed it was because he was tortured and beaten in Yemen with approval by the US government. Back then the USA did have a habit of sending people we didn’t like to foreign countries to be tortured but it only created another volatile leader of al Qaeda. al Awlaki did turn to the dark side and deserved to be taken out but who pushed him to it? I would put the blame on the Yemen government but also our own government. We have strange bedfellows in our foreign policies and sometimes even we are lead down the wrong path.

Show Us a Valid B. Certificate !!

Obama did nothing but give the word to kill those camel humpers. The only reason he did this was to get another 4 years in the Black house. he is not the real president until he proves he is a real american his girth certificate is phony along with his social security number. as far as I am concerned he is a muslem an he needs to be impeached for his war crimes

Screw the additional 4 years. Obama is wrecking the nation and the economy in a single bound. I’ll give him credit for giving the OK to take out a couple of terrorists burt that’s about it. We’ll finish throwing out the trash in 2012. Obama will be at the top of the list. Even Satan must have one or two virtues but that doesn’t qualify Satan for the White House.

Tankster, you have a point, but misguided. He was an Enemy Combatant. That Pre determined Fact negates a Trial, becuase it is “Self Defense” to kill your enemys before they kill you.

Don’t you agree?,

Or would you want an armed robber to have a preview of a trial before he shoots you?

Re-Read the comments of JJM and Senior Master Sgt Z.

Tankster;

No one here is celebrating the killing of a US citizen. They are celebrating the killing of a terrorist, terrorist…put on your glasses and look closely at that word…here, let me help …TERRORIST!

Where this guy was years back, what claims he made to citizenry, have no effect on what needed done. If this guy was here in New York and the SWAT teams were ready to break down his door, but they knew he was a bomb maker, would you expect them to express their opinions on whether or not they should shoot first, or holler “Give yourself up!”

A murderer sought by police who is armed and dangerous and refuses to give themselves up, once cornered, is shot and killed and no one complains about killing a US citizens. So what’s the deal? As I asked before, what did you expect for them to do, issue him a summons? Do you think they should have called him up on his cell phone and told him “Hey, we have you on our missile drone’s sighting equipment, this is your last chance to give up”? Hopefully they would use the cellphone number for the one he was wiring to the IED at the time.

So although it may be distasteful for many to hear that a kill order was given on someone who “use to claim” US citizenship, your complaints are invalid and without merit and they are foolishly motivated. If it were your own son or daughter that was killed in the last bomb this fool made, you would be screaming “Kill the sucker!” US citizen or not.

That’s so blindly rich. The concept of a “fair fight” died a long time ago. The goal of any fight is to win, pure and simple.

Patriot between the eyes he dies too quick. through the jaws just right he is just as dead only slower and he gets to rellish the pain he has inflicted on others,

Patriot:

It doesn’t matter. Either shot kills him.

Actually, it depends upon the way the rifle is sighted in and the distance. I never bother to change the setting on my scope. I just adjust the sight picture based on the range.

Can you say Sniper?

Yeah, I can see some private on patrol demanding “… to see your passport before I blow you away.”

I agree 150% John R.

Have you ever served your country in the military? Do you realize that we are in a war with people who would live all Americans, even you, dead? Your comment about “education” won’t do you much good if you are about to be beheaded. Don’t be stupid, how in the world would you bring him to trial? Where would you hold it? He gave up his citizenship as American, the day that he declared war on America. I’ll bet tht you go through the lines at the airport without saying one word in protest when TSA can pull you from a line , search you and seize your belongings, all without probable cause, without a warrant, without mirandizing, and without your right to legal counsel….and you want to complain about the death of a murderer and someone who would slit your throat without blinking an eye. Wake up man…he was the enemy. Join the military and go over there and spend a year of your life hoping each day that you are still breathing at the end of it….then you can complain about an enemy of America being killed without habaes corpus. You lost your 4th and 14th amendments at the airports….you should be complaining about that.

Since al Awlaki was deliberately plotting against the USA and encouraged others to do so he had more influence over al Qaeda and the direction they were going. Not much different than Afghanistan(Taliban) harboring Bin Laden. We should not get involved in Yemen’s Civil War yet al Awlaki used the turmoil in that country to further his agenda against the USA. Yemen needs to fight it’s own battles and irregardless whether al Awlaki is an American citizen or not he has made imminent threats against our country. He has been on the airwaves telling others not to just dispise America but to openly attack us by destructive means. This doesn’t mean we should have a green light to enter the sovereignty of any nation and commit acts of violence either or to use this as a pretext to further our war agendas. This threat to us (al Alaki’s death)is now gone and we need to pull back and stay out of Yemen’s internal affairs.

Ronbo would you wrather they had left himj alone so he could go on directing the killing of more of our troops??? they should have taken him out sooner. anyone who takes up arms against the United States forfiets their claim to and right to citisenship!!that is the one thing Obama has had done that I am in total agreement with him on and I aplaud him for the decission to take this scumbag out,

So..Ronbo…….Obama is a War Criminal in your mind?

Ronbo: Rather than addressing the killing of an American citizen under these circumstances, maybe we should be looking at it from another perspective. When you make the decision to fight against your own country and kill our soldiers, you have become a traitor and should be treated as any enemy combatant regardless of citizenship.

You must also recognize that, although his parents lived in this country, they likely were of the Islamic faith. Who influenced this man to take the actions he did? Was it his parents or was it through the local Mosque? We can’t bury our heads in the sand and think all of the people of Islam are peace loving because it simply isn’t true and radical cells do exist in this country.

Citizenship should not become automatic if born in this country and he is just one example of why along with thousands of illegal immigrants in this country who have children here. The law needs to be changed.

Ronbo?

You are being totally silly about it all. What did you expect them to do to insure this guy a “fair trial” Issue him a summons?

However, I do agree with your other points. We cannot continue on this rampage of violence. We need to seek lesser means to the solution. However, just like when we helped Afghanistan oust Russia’s troops.

You are not going to find Congressmen in committees that are going to put their political careers on the line to dredge up billions in funds to promote growth in foreign countries ravaged by war, or oppressed by the Taliban, when we have so much in the way of problems with money here at home.

So what are the answers?

Answers are not found by merely stating what the problems are, though its a start. We have to support our government if it says we need to take more peaceful actions and seek diplomatic means. What do we do then? We show our childish mentalities and scream out “Bomb the Suckers!”

Well if your not sure then there are plenty of people here to educate you and pay attention because a lot of them know about terrorism and why it’s run amuck….

If you’re worried about affordable education, then you should watch the documentary called “the Cartel.” Most of our educational money is wasted on corrupt teachers unions and their cronies. If we save all that wasted money there will be plenty for children AND and the military.

So you would like the terrorists back here again, how convenient
for them!!

Wake UP! He should have been tried in a court first! It has set a precident now: ALL THEY HAVE TO DO IS CLAIM YOU ARE A TERRORIST!!!
Think. We are losing rights in the U.S. of A. today. A certain person in the Executive Branch has forgotten that there are 3 branches and his Does Not Allow LAW MAKING and DEATH WARRANTS!
Please think. Yes, i totally agree he was a threat and deserved punishment, BUT after a court trial en absentia if not in custody.
Tha Bill of Rights is the issue, HERE in America. We ALL need to remember what our current government is doing (some say getting away with) and we should all be very concerned that this has been done.

You are right Ronbo, what have we gained if we turn out worse than our enemies? People have tunnel vision, there are some BAD repercussions from all we do, Bad habits are hard to break, and our government has too many now. Pretty soon they will be pointing a rifle at you. Once you start to overlook one law the rest become easier! This government thinks that is already above the law. That is why the Constitution should be the law of OUR land, and NOT some unqualified president! Without LAW there is Chaos!! Semper Fi.

The US is already broke!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I think you are too late. Our country is broke and $15 trillion dollars in debt. You sound like you don’t support our military. If you don’t like the wars, that is OK. How about our soldiers and sailors that are putting their lives in danger for you? Why don’t you respect them? Thank you.

Sook Young
Wife of the Samurai

Schools/education have nothing to do with dealing with terrorist, especially coming from our country. I will never except anyone (regardless of gender, race, ethnic whatever) born in the USA that spews hate, death to Americans as refering to themselves as Americans, if they don’t respect this country and our laws. There are flights that leave on the hour and every hour to the mid-evil countries of the Middle East and Communist countries as well. Don’t let the airport gate smack you in your rear end on the way out and please leave your US citizenship (passport) with the boarding personal. You know what they do in France? If Muslim adults or the children of Muslim families disrupt schools, threaten teachers, etc, and any adults who commits harmful crimes in the community or to their citizens; they deport the whole family (all relatives) back to their country of origin. I lived in France from 2000 to 2oo7. I saw how the French take care of any race of people trying to destroy the French country, laws, etc. The French don’t let Political Correctness (Public Communism) keep them from protecting their country, citizens, and way of life. Grow up leftist.

I agree 100% Is’nt this what we fought against? The King can kill whoever he want’s?
George W. Bush was being honest when he was caught saying “The Constitution is just a piece of paper”