http:\/\/hosted.ap.org\/dynamic\/stories\/U\/US_TARGETED_KILLING?SITE=AP&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT&CTIME=2011-12-01-10-42-54<\/a><\/p>\nNewt Gingrich was particularly strong in justifying this action because we are at war.\u00a0 But, he missed the point.\u00a0 Obama never uses the term war on terror.\u00a0 Gingrich should have pointed out that Obama can\u2019t have it both ways.\u00a0 He can\u2019t pretend it is not a war and then ignore due process.\u00a0 There is no question that killing Anwar al-Alwaki was justified.\u00a0 There is little dispute with regard to the threat from this individual.\u00a0 But the problem is that Obama has now set a precedent to kill any U.S. citizen, anywhere in the world, solely because he thinks it is a good idea.\u00a0 Doesn\u2019t that frighten you more than a little?<\/p>\n
It is not a stretch to imagine Obama ordering the assassination of someone on the \u201cfar right\u201d using the same justification.\u00a0 Just think of all those times Democrats have referred to the Tea Party as a \u201cterrorist\u201d organization.\u00a0 In the deluded world of the liberal left, they have often directly compared the political rhetoric of people like Sarah Palin with militant jihadists.\u00a0 The Department of Homeland security has specifically addressed the \u201cthreat\u201d from far right organizations.\u00a0 We really need to wake up on this issue.<\/p>\n
If this was an emergency situation, then it would be easier to justify.\u00a0 But it wasn\u2019t an emergency.\u00a0 The decision to order the assassination of this man was made long before the actual event.\u00a0 There was plenty of time to set up some reasonable mechanism for due process.\u00a0 Granted, the traditional court system is too cumbersome, but here are alternatives.\u00a0 A special bi-partisan congressional panel would be an option.\u00a0 So would be a special court, similar to the FISA court.\u00a0 If we set up the FISA court to allow due process before we wiretap someone, shouldn\u2019t be allow due process before we order their execution?\u00a0 How, exactly, does Obama explain the logic that requires the trying of non-citizen enemy combatants in federal court but has no problem in just assassinating U.S. citizens because \u201che\u201d considers them to be a threat?\u00a0 How, exactly, does Obama explain why waterboarding is so bad, but just assassinating people is ok?<\/p>\n
The liberal left had their panties in a wad for 8 years claiming George Bush violated civil liberties.\u00a0 They were wrong, because Bush was very careful to follow the rule of law.\u00a0 Now we have a Democratic President who is not even pretending to follow the rule of law.\u00a0 Isn\u2019t it about time some Republican candidate for President, other than Ron Paul, calls him on it?<\/p>\n
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