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I agree with what you say about his activities. I have no use for the guy. But in this war there are no defined battlefields; they represent no state unless some how legally Ummah is a state; the enemy wears no uniform or identification badges which creates some legal problems. They’ve never signed the Geneva Accords nor follow them. They are by definition unlawful combatants the equivalent of pirates under the law but out courts have given them the rights of lawful combatants (don’t agree with them but that’s a different story).

But based upon this precedent as President of the United States that’s what I say you’re doing so I have you whacked. That’s the standard now. The President does a finding, signs the classified document with no judicial review and he now has the right to kill any American citizen he wants. Not only that but I can kill you any where in the world including in the United States. Essentially the President now gets to be prosecutor, judge, jury and executioner band put out a kill order on an American citizen. What are the limits and controls? The first one may be a perfect choice but each time it gets easier to put someone on the kill list and the standard slips for what justification you need. That’s precisely why the founding fathers defined treason and the standards required to find someone guilty in the Constitution.

This all from an administration that wants to treat them as criminals and try them in civilian courts. Remember due process as required by the Constitution is for good guys and bad guys as well.