President Obama claims the right to assassinate anyone, anywhere, for any reason, including a US citizen in a foreign country against whom no evidence of wrongdoing has been presented to the public.
President Obama claims the right to assassinate anyone, anywhere, for any reason, including a US citizen in a foreign country against whom no evidence of wrongdoing has been presented to the public.
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Murder most foul, as in the best it is….
But alas, hardly atypical….
Henri
This wasn’t a judicial killing. It was extrajudicial. In fact, it was covert, using a CIA-run drone. You keep talking about this like it was a law-enforcement operation. The US didn’t even ask for Yemeni cooperation to try to surround him and convince him to surrender. If he’d gotten shot in a shootout, we wouldn’t be having this conversation.
By the way, I am pretty sure that 99% of the American people would agree that this was an assassination-murder. Some think it’s OK, but none would call it some sort of policing thing.
False, again
Obama did not order Alwakis death. He said “If you cant bring him in alive, I agree with the Yemeni court that it is ok to bring him in dead. ” The Yemeni court’s order is more than sufficient justification for his actions. That is not, nor will it ever be, murder. And if you are in possesion of some evidence that proves its murder, you are obliagted to either share it, or stop making that claim.
And while his actions may have violated norms, traditions and precedent (though I note that you fail to prove that, as well) they did not violate laws or the Constitution.
I am far, FAR to the left of most folks out there. If you can’t convince me you sure as hell aren’t going to convince them. And making specious claims that you then refuse to justify doesn’t really inspire me to join you in the revolution you long for. It just makes you (and by extension that revolution) look bad, not the government.
We have the same goals, Ted, though we disagree on methods. Making hyperbolic, unjustifiable claims about the goverment puts acheiving those goals further off into the distance instead of bringing them closer. Thinks about it.
Pretzel logic. Obama is the one who acted (by ordering Awlaki’s death). Thus the burden of justifying the action falls upon him. This is especially true since his actions violate international norms, traditions, and recent precedent. He who wants to change things must explain why he is right. If he refuses to do so, he is admitting fault.