http://www.reuters.com/article/2011/10/18/us-yemen-awlaki-idUSTRE79H71E20111018 http://news.antiwar.com/2011/10/18/out-to-dinner-us-assassination-in-yemen-killed-teens/
What do you want me to do about it Wes? This is a Republic not a democracy. There is no recourse against executive power. Oh, Annex Mexico!
If he was a US Citizen and knew where his father was, he should have alerted the US government. It is a tragic event that collatoral damage happens like this, but at 16 he knew that his father was a hunted man. DD
LOL - **** YEAH !!!! My mission is complete....hey the elections are coming up, you guys can vote him out of power. What is cool though is that you get to live in a country that allows you to b**** and moan like you are doing ...without reprecussions. DD
He wasn't killed as collateral damage when his father was killed. Also, what was he supposed to alert the US government to? Was his father an indicted fugitive from the law? Annex Mexico!
I can't wait for the lockout to be over so you can go troll the GARM all day and leave the D&D to the rest of us.
Wah wah wah Just, sorry not everyone thinks like you. But I did misread the original article, if it was as is reported (and that is up to debate), then there will need to be an inquisition and possibly some charges filed. DD
Plenty in the D&D don't and I manage to get alone with and respect most of them. I for one am SHOCKED, SHOCKED I SAY! that you didn't get the facts on the first read. But what do you mean an inquisition? Charges filed? This is a republic not a democracy! Executives can do whatever they want! Just learn to accept it, just like rape!
I wonder if the people of the future will vilify America like we remember the Romans as crucifying and feeding Christians to lions.
This line of thinking is outrageous. If America decides, in secret, that you are a risk to american interests, America feels it has the right to "send in the drones" and take you out, no trial and no evidence needed. Judge. Jury. Executioner. If any other country thinks this way, they are a rogue element sponsoring terrorism. Holy ****.
Alert him for what? The US knew where he was. That's why they bombed him. Also what's he going to alert him for? He wasn't breaking any laws at the time. He had no trial, etc... It's one thing to defend the Al-Awlaki assassination but to defend this is ridiculous. This is just way over the top and I am truly disappointed in the Obama administration. And to suggest that the burden was on him to "report" his father or face an assassination is unfathomable.
You guys believe this was an executive decision? I have a hard time believing this kind of a thing wouldn't happen under another president. It just seems like the American way...
