Killing Of Anwar Al-Awlaki, Yes Or No?

[Selah]

[quote][color=#800080]No, we shouldn't have killed him. Why? Because he was a citizen of the United States of America. Every American citizen is due their day in court, if they are at odds with the U.S. law.[/color][/quote]


This ^^

[CatherineM]

My next question is why does it make such a difference that he is a US Citizen? Should it?

[AccountDeleted]

[quote name='CatherineM' timestamp='1317559964' post='2313854']
My next question is why does it make such a difference that he is a US Citizen? Should it?
[/quote]


It shouldn't, but perhaps the US needs to set an example since it claims to have certain rights for its citizens that not all other countries have.

[Lil Red]

[url="http://www.reuters.com/article/2011/10/05/us-cia-killlist-idUSTRE79475C20111005"]Secret panel puts Americans on kill list. [/url]

uhm, not good.

[Selah]

[quote name='CatherineM' timestamp='1317559964' post='2313854']
My next question is why does it make such a difference that he is a US Citizen? Should it?
[/quote]

Well, if someone is a US citizen, do they not have the same rights as a US citizen? The right to a trial of their peers, the right to a lawyer, etc...

[MIKolbe]

[quote name='Lil Red' timestamp='1317930173' post='2316699']
[url="http://www.reuters.com/article/2011/10/05/us-cia-killlist-idUSTRE79475C20111005"]Secret panel puts Americans on kill list. [/url]

uhm, not good.
[/quote]
You do agree that our rights come, not from the Hand of God, but from the generosity of the State, don’t you? You’re not one of those religious nuts, are you?

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(h/t - mark shea)