[TsonicTsunami08]

In a word “ YES “

[Oatka]

If not Justice, surely Vengeance.

Either one works for me - in this they should be hyphenated.

[cripplecreek]

Just plain dead.

[H.Akston]

He’s more guilty than the Rosenbergs were.

[Yorlik803]

But the sudden interest by Obama in killing fellow Muslims and the timing is kind of odd.
With his poll numbers going south and his re-election hopes fading, this is a good way to get a bump.
If Obama was doing good and his numbers were ok, would these scumbags still be alive?
Like a crooked mayor ordering hooker sweeps the week before the election, Obama is just doing what he has to to stay in office.

[mtrott]

Don’t we have this guy on video fomenting terror attacks on us and recruiting followers to carry out attacks? This goes beyond treason to active participation in war on the American people. Since when can we not kill people at war with us?

[Louis Foxwell]

That is about where I came down on the issue. Sometimes Obama can not help himself and he or his administration or some arm of the government under him does something less than terrible. This was such an act.
Should the shoot be reviewed? Can’t hurt. If it turns out Al was a member of the TP and supported Sarah all bets are off. If, as seems likely, he was a sworn terrorist and leader in Al Qeada, it was a rightuous shoot.
Getting from this to shooting citizens at will is not a slippery slope. That is a craggy hill that only a determined zealot committed to the overthrow of the Constitution could climb. Oh. Yeah.
The moral seems to be, “Question authority. Even when it seems OK.”

[7thOF7th]

I know I will get flamed for this post but what is bothering me most is not the fact that this guy was “dirty” and might have deserved to be executed but that a clear set of legal gates should have been passed through. This is called due process and it is preeminent to congressional authority under the fifth amendment of our constitution which forbids the taking of a citizens life without due process. I think you lay out a compelling case for justifying the action and you have cited many factual points which I do believe if presented before a court would be damning but nonetheless that due process was not followed. I guess I am more concerned about the precedent of this action than the result. Let me reemphasize that I am grateful the threat is neutralized but I really fear it has opened a Pandora's box for further extrajudicial actions this WH might choose.