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[thies.livejournal.com]

Using the constitution as toilet paper - again. The Obama administration authorized the killing of Anwar al-Awlaki who holds US citizenship. There is some nefarious precedent being created by allowing the President to order the killing of American citizens, regardless of their alleged crimes, without granting them their 5th Amendment rights. Bush with his renditions, and the implications of the Patriot Act was bad enough, but ordering a US citizen to be assassinated as Obama now did takes it to a whole new level. I bet Stalin would be proud of Barry Soetoro. Anyone want to wager which other parts of the constitution will be considered void by Obama until he gets kicked out of the white house?

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[thies.livejournal.com]

In a perfect world there would be no war and crime. I dislike the notion of any kind of assassination, but with enough probable cause I agree that killing a civilian who has engaged in hostile acts and is in a territory which makes apprehending and bringing him to justice nigh impossible it can be legitimate.

For me the problem is that this guy is a citizen and constituent of the government who seeks to kill him while that government is supposed to operate under rules granting him protection from exactly that and guarantee a fair trial.