This innocent-looking punk all dressed up in white purity, Anwar al-Awlaki, was born in New Mexico and went to school in Colorado. He graduated from being a peddler of internet hatred to being a senior operative in al-Qaeda's branch in Yemen. Obama killed him with a drone. For the first time since the Civil War, the United States government had carried out the deliberate killing of an American citizen as a wartime enemy and without a trial.
The New York Times said,
Some wondered aloud: If the president can order the assassination of Americans overseas, based on secret intelligence, what are the limits to his power?
Two weeks later another U.S. drone accidently killed al-Awlaki's sixteen-year-old son, who was born in Denver. The drone was apparently intended for an Egyptian al-Qaeda dude eating in an outdoor cafe in Yemen.
I wonder how al-Awlaki became convinced, attending schools in New Mexico and Colorado, that he was a victim who needed to kill Americans in the name of Allah. He was the adviser to the Aurora, Colorado man who was involved in trying to blow up a subway in New York.
I am not crying over the death of al-Awaki, but I am glad that Senator Rand Paul has raised the question of whether or not it is legal for Obama to kill Americans here in America.
Read more: How a U.S. citizen got in America's cross hairs - The Denver Post http://www.denverpost.com/nationworld/ci_22757237/how-u-s-citizen-got-americas-cross-hairs#ixzz2NAdnucwy
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