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The first thing to say, when reviewing the question of what America should do about those of its citizens who advocate the murder of random numbers of its civilians, is that it is flat-out astonishing to see the debate being conducted at all. Faced with jeering, sniggering, vicious saboteurs who hide from the daylight and pop up on blogs and cheap CDs, calmly awarding religious permission for the capricious taking of life, what do we imagine Vladimir Putin would do? Or the police and security forces of the People’s Republic of China? Or Israel or Saudi Arabia? To ask the question is to answer it.
What the execution of a World War II traitor can teach us about assassinating American-born terrorists. - Slate Magazine
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I would love to hear every ones thoughts..Thanks..I am surprised about the debate going on as well. Try to answer the questions and maintain your principles.
Should the USA have waited till al-Awlaki turned himself in?
Why do few have no problem asking others to risk their lives to apprehend alive this known fugitive terrorist?
Why is the entire argument for sparing al-Awlaki as opposed to killing Bin Laden, not religious, moral, ethical or philosophical?
Why is it only geographical? In other words why is it only where al-Awlaki was born?
Al-Awlaki preached "I love death more than the Americans love life."
I am glad the U.S.A. could help him out in this matter.
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#1 - Mon Oct 10, 2011 9:08 PM EDTOnce you take up a position outside the US as an enemy combatant, I feel you are fair game as long as we have this war on terrorism. If he had been captured or caught within the jurisdiction of the US, he is then entitled to his legal rights as a US citizen and then it becomes a law enforcement issue.
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