Well they got him. They assassinated a US Citizen.
http://www.nytimes.com/2011/10/01/world/middleeast/anwar-al-awlaki-is-killed-in-yemen.html?_r=2&hp
I'm sorry but this country is fucking whack.
Meh, I'm willing to bet every government on the planet has at one time or another gone against their own laws and codes and done something heinous for reasons like this. I'm not saying it is right, I'm just saying I don't believe anyone else is better.
I don't get it. You feel a coach should be fired for taking kids to a graveyard in an attempt to motivate them, but are appalled when we take out the leader of a known terror organization that has actively been involved in plots to take lives of human beings.
It's hard to tell what you stand for sometimes.
If you can find a time when the Australian government has ordered the assassination of one of it's own citizen, please let me know.
I would but I don't feel like it. I just said I'd bet on it. I'd bet that an awful lot of the time this sort of thing isn't highly publicized either so if I did bother to research it I'd find a lot of conspiracy theories and guesses. I am le tired though. I don't care that much either.
I doubt you will find it. This kind of thing is extremely rare. Well rare for civilized nations.
No matter if other countries have done it, it's still a blatant disregard for the rule of law. Any time a government does this, it should be met with heavy criticism.
I bet it's more common than you think. I don't believe in civilized nations anymore anyway. There's corruption everywhere there is money and there is money everywhere. Sure, it's criticism worthy. Don't fucking kill people, it's not nice. I can say that till I'm blue in the face but that doesn't change the fact that awful, greedy, power hungry people are going to do awful, greedy, power hungry things and there is nothing I can do about it. If you think of anything I can do that will have a real impact, let me know. I'd be more than happy.
No one here is saying you or anyone else should go and physically do something about this. I'm responding the way I am because you seem to think downplaying it a shrugging it off is the best response.
Meh, I'm willing to bet every government on the planet has at one time or another gone against their own laws and codes and done something heinous for reasons like this. I'm not saying it is right, I'm just saying I don't believe anyone else is better.
Who cares? You're glossing over the fact that we KILLED a US citizen without a trial. It's disgusting.
Are there actions a U.S. citizen could take that would forfeit rights? I guess that's the question. And who decides.
Unless he renounced his citizenship? No.
Could it have been that hard for them to hold a trial for him in absentia and find him guilty of something (ZRH?)??? This is just a fucking slap in the face.
You have got to be trolling.
Unless he renounced his citizenship? No.
Could it have been that hard for them to hold a trial for him in absentia and find him guilty of something (ZRH?)??? This is just a fucking slap in the face.
They murdered a US citizen. Do you REALLY think that's OK?
Yup. The man stopped being a 'US Citizen' when he started advocating the death of it's citizens. legally? No. By any rule of law, no. But my opinion.
Who cares? You're glossing over the fact that we KILLED a US citizen without a trial. It's disgusting.