{"id":39726,"date":"2014-02-10T09:18:21","date_gmt":"2014-02-10T14:18:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/?p=39726"},"modified":"2014-02-10T09:18:21","modified_gmt":"2014-02-10T14:18:21","slug":"us-citizen-might-be-drone-target","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/?p=39726","title":{"rendered":"US citizen might be drone target"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Associated Press<\/a> reports that Defense folks are debating whether or not a particular unnamed US citizen and al Qaeda member should be droned. Everyone seems to be waiting on the Justice Department to present their case for the summary death sentence;<\/p>\n

Four U.S. officials said the American suspected terrorist is in a country that refuses U.S. military action on its soil and that has proved unable to go after him. And President Barack Obama’s new policy says American suspected terrorists overseas can only be killed by the military, not the CIA, creating a policy conundrum for the White House.<\/p>\n

Two of the officials described the man as an al-Qaida facilitator who has been directly responsible for deadly attacks against U.S. citizens overseas and who continues to plan attacks against them that would use improvised explosive devices.<\/p>\n

But one U.S. official said the Defense Department was divided over whether the man is dangerous enough to merit the potential domestic fallout of killing an American without charging him with a crime or trying him, and the potential international fallout of such an operation in a country that has been resistant to U.S. action.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

So I guess this administration has painted themselves into a corner. While I generally oppose the death sentence (I don’t like that the government has power over whether we et to live or die), if this US citizen is plotting to inflict mass casualties against Americans, his citizenship shouldn’t be factored into the equation. His intentions are more important than his birthplace. If he wants to murder Americans because of their nationality, he has surrendered any claim to his own birthright. If he was here in the US, it would be a different story, but, clearly he’s out of the reach of our own domestic law enforcement agencies. Drone his ass. Yesterday.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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