David Sirota: Obama is George Zimmerman. Trayvon Martin is Al-Awlaki.

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113. Here's his skis over the shark's fin

On the contrary, Zimmerman’s presumption of guilt and his subsequent actions mimic those of his own government, and therefore reflect a larger attitudinal shift in the nation at large.


Remember, in the same year that saw Zimmerman kill Martin, Zimmerman’s president, Barack Obama, extra-judicially executed Anwar al-Awlaki and then his 16-year-old son, without charging either of the two U.S. citizens with a single crime. The two were simply presumed guilty, without any evidence being officially marshaled against them. Not only that, such a presumption wasn’t hidden from view in shame, as if it was something to be embarrassed about. Instead, Obama openly touted the extra-judicial killing of the father and then his spokesman haughtily justified the extra-judicial killing of the child.

Explaining the Zimmerman-like aggression against the Awlakis and thousands of others who find themselves targeted by U.S. drone strike missiles, the federal government later offered up the Zimmerman Principle, repeating the same sentiment that Zimmerman expressed during his cellphone call to non-emergency responders.

Except for that part where what happened to Trayvon was part of a 400 year old pattern, and that Al Awlaki was a sworn enemy of the United States, having affiliated himself with a group launching armed attacks against the United States.

Only in Sirotaworld is actively joining the ranks of Al Qaeda the same as carrying Skittles.