Anwar Awlaki Killed by U.S....Ron Paul Responds..

[Homeslice]

This article makes the assumption that Presidential approval was obtained or even required.

[askmrjesus]

Originally Posted by Homeslice

This article makes the assumption that Presidential approval was obtained or even required.

I would think that any decisions to bomb people in Yemen, would have to go pretty high up the food chain.

If Presidential approval was needed to kill Bin Laden, it was likely needed in this case.

JC

[goof2]

Originally Posted by Homeslice

This article makes the assumption that Presidential approval was obtained or even required.

It isn't an assumption. It has been reported multiple times that Obama put Awlaki on a targeted killings list toward the beginning of 2010, to the point that Awlaki's father sued the government to get him removed from it. Obviously this was unsuccessful. For what it is worth the Yemeni government also issued a capture or kill warrant against him quite a while ago. From what I understand they also promised that if he was turned in they would not turn him over to America.

He knew the US and Yemeni governments were after him. He could have turned himself in to either government and used the opportunity to attempt to prove his innocence. Instead he decided to hide out and continue to call for Muslim violence against and within America. That it didn't work out so well is his tough shit.

[Trip]

Originally Posted by Homeslice

This article makes the assumption that Presidential approval was obtained or even required.

He is the commander in chief. If people are taking this type of actions without his knowledge, he should of been out screaming this is NOT what we do to American citizens and people took action without his knowledge. This is HIS responsibility as the biggest boss of the military.

[Homeslice]

Originally Posted by Trip

He is the commander in chief. If people are taking this type of actions without his knowledge, he should of been out screaming this is NOT what we do to American citizens and people took action without his knowledge. This is HIS responsibility as the biggest boss of the military.

OK, maybe since this was a US citizen, he was consulted, but otherwise.......I suspect that a large percentage, or even most, of the people we've killed with drones weren't even on the most-wanted list. He isn't going to know about those people, nor does he need to. Stuff like this has been happening almost every week for the past 5 years.