Obama orders assassination of US citizen

World Socialists Web Site ^ | 8 April 2010 | Tom Eley

[Lorianne]

This is pretty interesting with the WSWS is up in arms about Obama.

I have to say, I find it pretty alarming myself.

It seems nutty to bring Kaleed Shake Mohommed back to NYC to have a trial for him and his part in 911 (he is not an American Citizen) and to order someone whacked in on foreign soil who IS an American citizen.

Bad guy or not, this is crazy precedent setting.

[fr_freak]

So far, I can't disagree with this. The only thing is that I suspect if the bastard weren't an American citizen, Obama would be less inclined to have him whacked.

[jeltz25]

Me too. I don’t see how it’s illegal to waterboard KSM, but it’s perfectly legal to order a hit on a US citizen who’s had no trial or anything like that.

You know if this was Bush who did something like that the media and the dems would be up in arms and proclaiming the next Stalin. Not a peep with Obama.

How is it legal for the President to just order US citizens to be taken out at his whim?

[J Edgar]

First a “US-born Muslim cleric”, then your funny looking neighbor, then those noisy politicos, then the tax protestors who are losing their possessions, and then finally YOU for being SO STUPID!

[Lorianne]

Well I think we ARE hearing some peeps out of the Left over this one.

This seems like a trial balloon to me .. test the waters and gauge the reaction.

[freekitty]

True. Obama is insane.

[FrankR]

[willyd]

Anyone want to bet that this guy is not the first American Citizen killed by this new directive?

[HiTech RedNeck]

Someone should tell Bummer that it is the Congress that issues letters of marque and reprisal.

[freekitty]

I believe you.

[Da Mav]

Killing a radical muslim hiding out in Yemen. I’m supposed to worry about that? You got to be kidding me.

Giving foreign terrorists rights in the civilian court system — that I worry about. Closing Gitmo — that I worry about. Trying to prosecute CIA agents for being mean to terrorists — yep, he** yes I worry about that.

But killing some dirtbag terrorist sympathizer hiding in Yemen? Where do I push the button?

[goat granny]

Obama is stupid, he just put a big target on his back for some muslim to shoot at...what a dork..

[dcwusmc]

You might wanna START to be just a skosh bit concerned if you don’t really wanna WORRY about it. With this precedent, he (or any future, equally lawless president) could just start to compile “better dead” lists and hand them off to his “action squads” for elimination. And ANYONE could then be targeted, like, oh, say, Constitutionalists, limited government advocates or Tea Partiers, for example. Are you any one of the above? Then start worrying. If you’re NOT one of the above, worry anyway, because somebody’s bound to get to you, soon or late.

[Salamander]

Yep.

[william clark]

Shouldn’t it be “Obama issues fatwa...”?

[Partisan Gunslinger]

A traitor on foreign soil...good.

[Arthur McGowan]

How is this a shift from Obama’s position on killing newborn babies?

[Earthdweller]

"No substantial evidence has been brought to bear against Awlaki, 38, who is accused of terrorism, and he will be afforded no legal recourse against the death sentence. "

What the h@ll. Barry is a lunatic.

[wastoute]

It is curious that Zero makes this bold step in the same WEEK as he insists we remove the adjective “muslim” that has preceded the word terrorists in describing the people we are at war with...

...in COMPLETLY unrelated news the violence committed by the Tea Parties is an increasing concern of this administration....

[MonicaG]

Exactly! 0dama wants to bring the Gitmo detainees onto our soil, KSM into NYC, yet shoot this American citizen?

Will the obamanaughts call him out on this? The cult of personality effect of this guy is so bizarre - he seems 100% transparent.