I agree. I have no problem with drone strikes on Americans abroad who have join terrorists groups. I'm sad to see so many conservatives just reflexively oppose this. John Bolton said the current drone policy "appears to be consistent with the policies of the Bush administration.". Bolton supports this policy, so does the American public and I agree with it as well.
Hooray for democracy! The majority agree that Constitutional due process is just a PITA.
Who’s being reflexive? The side that is okay with something merely because lefties are against it?
“Americans abroad who have join terrorist groups”
Have they? I wouldn’t necessarily support assassinating them, either. But how do you know they’ve joined terrorist groups? You’re content to take the White House’s word for it? And is merely joining up enough? What if you’ve chatted online and met with a bad guy or two buy haven’t actually done anything, let alone entered the field of combat or done harm to the US? Bombs away?
I think some of the objections are more than reflex. I agree that when they killed Anwar al-Awlaki it was justified because he was a proven leader in al Qaeda and deserved it. I really don't care if he was a US citizen or not. He was a proven terrorist, at war with America. But they also blew his 16 year old son Adulrahman (born in Colorado with no known al Qaeda ties) into a million pieces with a HellFire missile in a separate attack. I guess it's like the Tom Cruise movie where they prosecute people for “pre-crime”. I am not ok with that. Of course, this is from CNN reports so who knows what the truth really is.
There mere fact that Obama decides who lives and who dies is extremely disturbing to me.
http://amanpour.blogs.cnn.com/2012/12/05/grandfather-grieves-teenage-grandson-killed-by-u-s-drone/
You better read the white paper before you support it.