Originally Posted by Villages Kahuna

You've probably read the news reports of the killing of Anwar al-Awlaki, a Muslim cleric who was an American citizen operating out of Yemen. His "elimination" using CIA-operated drones, the first such attack inside Yemen since 2002, was much discussed and debated within the CIA and the administration. Clearly, the final decision was that of the POTUS.

There were probably many liberal "rights" activists within the administration that argued against the killing of an American citizen only accused of treasonous activities, but not convicted. There were probably many more that argued against taking such action on the soil of a foreign country.

My guess is there are very few, if any, who post on tbis forum who would differ with the decision to kill al-Awlaki...I know I wouldn't. Having said that, I think it's only fair to give credit to President Obama for issuing the order to kill al-Awlaki.

There are lots of things that Obama does and has supported that many of us don't agree with. This isn't one of them.

Here's an article from The New York Times on the killing...

http://www.nytimes.com/2011/10/01/wo...-yemen.html?hp