I have to say it's probably a poor strategy but I agree. I don't know if this guy deserved to die or not but in general I have no problem. I'm sure he isn't the only person rubbed out by the CIA without a trial.

 

Exactly. I believe the term is collateral damage.

Since when did an American have to prove he wasn't a terrorist?

 

I think these drone attacks are not only immoral, but they're pretty short-sighted. For every terrorist that's killed in one, I bet that dozens more are recruited using them as propaganda.

 

So do you think that before the drone attacks these innocent kids were sitting at the dinner table defending America to their terrorist parents?

He wasn't killed by the same drone strike that killed his father. It wasn't collateral damage.

 

"It said Abdel-Rahman, who had been living in the Yemeni capital Sanaa since he returned from the United States in 2002, had gone to look for his father nearly a week before the cleric was killed on September 30.

 

"He left his mother a letter saying he was traveling to Shabwa to look for his father in Shabwa, his ancestral home," the statement said.

 

"Abdel-Rahman stayed in Shabwa for two weeks after his father's death, when the family asked him to return home.

 

But God wanted otherwise. On the night of October 14, he left with some friends for dinner under the moon light when an American missile landed, killing Abdel-Rahman and his friends, including our relative Ahmed Abdel-Rahman al-Awlaki, 17," it added.

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Two Awlaki teenage relatives killed in Yemen attack: family

He wasn't killed by the same drone strike that killed his father. It wasn't collateral damage.

 

"It said Abdel-Rahman, who had been living in the Yemeni capital Sanaa since he returned from the United States in 2002, had gone to look for his father nearly a week before the cleric was killed on September 30.

 

"He left his mother a letter saying he was traveling to Shabwa to look for his father in Shabwa, his ancestral home," the statement said.

 

"Abdel-Rahman stayed in Shabwa for two weeks after his father's death, when the family asked him to return home.

 

But God wanted otherwise. On the night of October 14, he left with some friends for dinner under the moon light when an American missile landed, killing Abdel-Rahman and his friends, including our relative Ahmed Abdel-Rahman al-Awlaki, 17," it added.

"

Two Awlaki teenage relatives killed in Yemen attack: family

 

So this dude was 16 and hasn't been in America since 2002, did I read that correctly?

Looks like wrong place wrong time to me. Well, he was looking for his father(known terrorist) and he was killed in air strikes so obviously it's not like he was at the gym playing basketball or in the sandlot playing baseball or soccer. He was obviously around other terrorists at the time of his death.

So this dude was 16 and hasn't been in America since 2002, did I read that correctly?

 

I believe so.

Looks like wrong place wrong time to me. Well, he was looking for his father(known terrorist) and he was killed in air strikes so obviously it's not like he was at the gym playing basketball or in the sandlot playing baseball or soccer. He was obviously around other terrorists at the time of his death.

 

More than likely, yes.

 

But regardless, he still had a right to a trial and due process. How can you begin to argue against an American citizen having a right to a trial?

So do you think that before the drone attacks these innocent kids were sitting at the dinner table defending America to their terrorist parents?

 

It doesn't matter whether he loved or hated America.

 

My point is, when we start to bomb at will and begin killing children and civilians, what makes us better than them?

Apples to oranges. Get at me when we start using drone attacks on South Central Los Angeles or Harlem.

 

But truthfully gangs have been doing that same thing to themselves for decades and last I saw they couldn't manufacture their own weapons.

 

 

No its not. It is a government entity using unconstitutional force upon an american child - in this case, killing that child. The POTUS does not have the constitutional authority to do this.

 

This thing we call due process was installed in our constitution to specifically stop this from happening.

Does it really matter if the HL endorses Obama?

Does it really matter if the HL endorses Obama?

 

Like the tree falling in the forest with nobody around. Goes for all newspapers actually.

It doesn't matter whether he loved or hated America.

 

My point is, when we start to bomb at will and begin killing children and civilians, what makes us better than them?

 

No its not. It is a government entity using unconstitutional force upon an american child - in this case, killing that child. The POTUS does not have the constitutional authority to do this.

 

This thing we call due process was installed in our constitution to specifically stop this from happening.

 

Why do I feel like this kid was about a much an American as Sushi? He lived here for 6 years or less, his first 6 years mind you, and has spent most of his life living with or around terrorist. What am I missing?

He lived here for 6 years or less, his first 6 years mind you, and has spent most of his life living with or around terrorist. What am I missing?

 

 

 

It doesn't matter. He is an American citizen - pure and simple. Therefore he is entitled to the same rights you and I share.

Why do I feel like this kid was about a much an American as Sushi? He lived here for 6 years or less, his first 6 years mind you, and has spent most of his life living with or around terrorist. What am I missing?

 

You're missing that he was a 16 year old American citizen that was murdered with no proof of him being a terrorist.

 

When we start killing kids and innocent civilians, once again, how can we expect them to not do the same?

 

Aren't we better than that?

Does it really matter if the HL endorses Obama?

 

Not really. I thought it was interesting since it is well known Romney has Ky and seeing the coal issue and how it affects our state I thought it was interesting to see.