Thank you, President Obama.

[mia]

Thank you for your strong action to help protect American citizens. May this event evoke fear in others who seek to do us harm.

The following comment says it all for me:


http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/cifamerica/2011/sep/30/anwar-awlaki-us-winning-alqaida#start-of-comments

"...International terrorist leaders now know that not only will a few suicide bombers die, but that anyone else involved will die as well. Only a very few leaders are really willing to become martyrs. Not only does the bomber die suddenly but so do the guy who knowingly drove him to the airport and the guy who sent the money.

The number of people who want to attack the West may not decrease but with this level of fear the number willing to actually attack is sharply down. The fear of likely dying a sudden and violent death has this effect."

[MNBrewer]

1. Thank you for putting the Constitution into the shredder and running it through twice.

[BeHereNow]

4. And setting the stage for the all the Presidents to follow you!

That damned old document was getting too old to even read,
so what the heck do we need that silly old thing for?
BHN:sarcasm:

[proud2BlibKansan]

5. Amen

[mia]

13. So far, the Obama administration has the courts on its side.

When the Obama administration added Awlaki to the kill-or-capture list, the ACLU and the Center for Constitutional Rights sued under US and international law to block the listing.

But US District Judge John Bates refused to intervene in Awlaki's case.

"This court recognizes the somewhat unsettling nature of its conclusion – that there are circumstances in which the executive's unilateral decision to kill a US citizen overseas is 'constitutionally committed to the political branches' and judicially unreviewable," Bates wrote. "But this case squarely presents such a circumstance."

http://www.csmonitor.com/USA/2011/1001/Anwar-al-Awlaki-Is-killing-US-born-terror-suspects-legal/(page)/2

[MNBrewer]

29. that was not adjudicated on the merits of the case, rather on the standing of the plaintiff

Obama has nobody on his "side" in this regarding the judiciary

[MNBrewer]

30. you know who else had the courts "on his side"

Bush, in Bush v. Gore.

[BeHereNow]

2. Yes, thank you for encouraging more Muslims to retaliate.

I feel SO much safer now.
I no longer need to fear retaliation from brown people
and I no longer to worry about my rights as a citizen.
I feel SOOOO much safer!
BHN:banghead: :banghead: :banghead:

[Modern_Matthew]

3. Less threads about the GOP and more about Occupy Wall Street, please. Unrecc. nt

[ixion]

6. Thanking him for utilizing the Bush Doctrine?

really.

[BeHereNow]

7. Stop asking questions ixion!~

We can not be bothered with details or facts.
Dont cha know?
Move along now...
BHN:evilgrin:

[ixion]

8. yeah, how silly of me.

:rofl:

[xchrom]

9. So I take it you would write such a heart felt letter gratitude

To a republican president.

[mia]

10. Yes. n/t

[xchrom]

14. That's very telling. Democrats like you really should vote republican.

Maybe we could have political that are different then?

[BeHereNow]

11. You mean there is a difference?

Thanks, the line was getting blurry for me.
BHN:thumbsup:

[Kaleko]

12. Terrifyingly naive.

No wonder Americans are reviled around the world by now.

[mia]

19. Thank you for your kindness.

I'm not naive and if I'm one of the "reviled" for wanting to live a little less fearful then so be it.

[StarsInHerHair]

22. so you were shaking in your boots because of the guy?

[mia]

25. No, but I feel for the soldiers in the Middle East who have had to

suffer this for us.

[StarsInHerHair]

26. & what are they protecting in the Middle East?

[mia]

28. I've lost track of why we're even there. Oil? Pipelines? Drugs?

Protecting international business interests?

Whatever the reasons were or are now, the sooner we get our soldiers out of there the better.

http://icasualties.org/oef/

[StarsInHerHair]

31. so you have an odd disconnect then

[mia]

32. Perhaps.

Must be the memory of 9/11.

[StarsInHerHair]

33. well how do you think the children feel in Afganistan who've been collateral

damage to drones? http://voiceofafghans.blogspot.com/2009/12/why-do-you-think-this-child-is-crying.html not this 1 in particular, but the image speaks well alone. Do you believe there is no ill will in Afghanistan towards Obama for the drone attacks?

http://thewe.cc/weplanet/news/americas/us_terror_state/children_make_no_sound.htm

[City Lights]

35. I'll say!

Wow.

:crazy:

[lib2DaBone]

15. Those who trade Freedom for Security obtain neither... etc, etc, etc

[StarsInHerHair]

23. +1,000,000,000

[mia]

24. I've traded nothing and my children are more secure. n/t

[bluestate10]

16. Great post. Now put on your flame retardant suit.

:-)

[mia]

34. Thank you, too.

:)

[pintobean]

17. +1=0

[girl gone mad]

18. And for making a mockery of justice.

Some people need to give their boxed set of '24' a rest.

[Bonobo]

20. I hope you are comofortable with President Perry using those powers too.

if he is elected.

If not, you are a fool for advocating it.

[mia]

21. Absolutely. n/t

[JackDragna]

27. Thank you, President Obama, for walking over the Constitution with golf shoes.

You continue to show yourself to be just as eager as your predecessor to ignore international law.