Comments on: Obama blasted for assassination of U.S. Citizens…

By: Greg

Greg — Thu, 06 Oct 2011 18:28:54 +0000

At the time of writing this, this is what I have seen so far:

1. Awlaki was never charged with anything so was innocent by our standards. Our view of him changes how people feel, but remove his link to AQ and people would be outraged based on the actual facts being presented. While he was likely guilty, we do not know for sure and definitely not convicted of any crimes.

2. No proof has been offered to support his assassination

3. He was still a citizen as he did not go through the process of removing his citizenship. Whether people want to justify revoking it and think otherwise is another matter.

4. Awlaki did not commit treason. At most he committed sedition which is not a capital offense.

5. We are not at war. We could have been by issuing letters of marque which can be used toward a person or group which has no country per se, but nobody is pushing for legal wars or anything else it seems anymore.

6. There was no imminent threat to anyone and no attempt was made to bring him in. For all we know he could have been or still be a CIA plant as he was considered the poster boy for moderate Muslims after condemning the 9/11 attacks. It seems unlikely but that is the problem we are now facing, a man is dead and we have no proof of any wrongdoing in our justice system that would justify capital punishment.

By: cornel

cornel — Thu, 06 Oct 2011 13:57:39 +0000

Obama is a good man. Trying to please a bunch of ignorant Blacks, that, my friend, is the problem he has encountered.

By: cornel

cornel — Wed, 05 Oct 2011 16:14:44 +0000

Just think of what the criticism would have been had it came out that Obama had him cornered, and didn’t kill him. Obama is damned if he did, and damned if he don’t. Herman CainFish is leading a lot of the attacks on Obama. Uncle Remus Right Wing Negroes like CainFish are jealous of Obama, similar to Michael “I didn’t Steele” it.
Right Wing Negroes hate Blacks, and desire to be White. They can get away with it nowadays because of the lack of forceful Blacks that appear on the cable television news. Blacks like Clarence Page and Eugene Robinson and the despicable Harold Ford Jr. have nothing really to say. And Page and Robinson are always grinning. Someone should put a watermelon in their mouths to go along with their grinning.
However, I did see a remarkable young Black man on cable news recently named Ta Nehisi Coates. Is this kid sharp, or what!!!!! He is so articulate, and can explain the racism of someone like Herman CainFish so eloquently, even a GED graduate can understand what he is saying. I would love to see him debate Herman CainFish.

By: pravin

pravin — Wed, 05 Oct 2011 10:24:52 +0000

he “joined our enemies” is the constant refrain. here is my question for such commenters: against which country is the war being waged? i can understand about enemy combatants when there is a declaration of war.in a war,death of enemy combatants is acceptable. but where is the declaration of war? neither obama nor bush even pretended that a war declaration is needed.
a war on terror? gimme a break.no difference than the war on drugs or the war on poverty -juvenile empty words.
why not accept that awlaki hated american govt policies.clear and simple -he was not seen as a threat before 9/11.he even dined at the pentagon and probably acted as a’consultant’ or CIA asset.

By: Tron_Carter

Tron_Carter — Wed, 05 Oct 2011 06:10:18 +0000

You clowns should be embarrassed for your ignorance cloaked under black nationalism. This “American” had given up his rights to citizenship by training future terrorists on how to attack this country. I guess you clowns are upset that he had bin Laden killed too? I couldn’t care less if we violated Pakistan’s soverignty. If you’re giving “comfort to the enemy” you’ve committed treason and deserve death. I’m a black man and I’m hardly a conservative, but you’re the same type of black folks — like Farrakhan — that defended the supposed peaceful Gadaffi who blew up the Pan Am jet and abused his own people. Nevermind that Gadaffi was the Nation of Islam’s biggest foreign benefactor. You ramble as if you’re independent, but you’re just a different type of sheep. Just like the rest. Obama has killed more jihadist Muslims in one term than Bush did in two terms. and I hope he keeps killing em. You can go pray for the heathens and fight for their rights like the imbeciles you are

By: SGD

SGD — Tue, 04 Oct 2011 19:35:22 +0000

@Inez, if he was so akin to MLK then what was his message? What was he passionate about? Civil rights? Peace? I think we should know that very clearly before we make that comparison.

http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2011/10/01/earlyshow/saturday/main20114273.shtml

By: akorage

akorage — Tue, 04 Oct 2011 18:48:42 +0000

@Inez This is not a civilian court where you argue cases. This is a “hit-n-run” guerilla fighting group that have killed many Americans. Simple association makes anyone dangerous. Yes guilty by association is my verdict. Hellfire is what they get and waht they should be be getting until they quit the BS. Start using your head and maybe we can get these guys to start using theirs also.

By: akorage

akorage — Tue, 04 Oct 2011 18:43:02 +0000

The worst type of ignorance is the written one. Assasination? I don’t think killing anyone or thing trying to kill you is classified as assasination. Last time I checked that is “Self Defense” . For your information, since you don’t seem to understand, it is your unailenable duty to protect the life you have been given. Any other person or spiece does exactly that. So quit coming across as very uninformed about the situation. You can spin it to suit your purpose but this one is sounding very ignorant.

By: Inez

Inez — Tue, 04 Oct 2011 18:28:41 +0000

@ SGD, the Obama administration offered absolutely no proof that Awlaki had any dealings with Al-CIA-Da. The only proof they offered was that he preached to Syrians that they have the right to resist US brutality.

As far as I can tell, based on what little information the Obama administration is willing to share, Obama just assassinated the Muslim version of Martin Luther King.

By: SGD

SGD — Tue, 04 Oct 2011 17:47:37 +0000

What is ironic is that the same pundits, politicians, etc. that were ALL FOR war against Iraq (who did not attack the US), a war that killed hundreds of thousands, are suddenly standing on some sort of moral ground. You make good points in this article that should be considered, as far as due process for American citizens. However, if a US Citizen has taken up his arms to stand with the enemy (treasons), he should be treated as such. These U.S. Citizens were treasonous and in bed with our #1 enemy, Al Queda, which sets them well apart from MLK, Malcolm X, and Tupac in every way. President Obama can go down in the history books as bringing thousands of US troops home in body bags in a faulty fight against terorrism (eg. Bush), or he can snipe two US Citizens out who are working with the terrorist. I stand with the president.

A thought provoking article.