Ron Paul and Progressives Critical of Obama on Terrorist Kill

Posted by Jim Spence on Friday, September 30, 2011
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NewsNM note - Libertarian and GOP presidential candidate Ron Paul and members from progressive media outlets blasted President Obama this morning for taking out Las Cruces-born cleric Anwar al-Awalaki. Progressive - Forgive me while I don’t cheer the assassination of Anwar Al-Awlaki, the New Mexico-born cleric whom the United States just killed in Yemen. He was a U.S. citizen, after all. He had never been indicted for a crime here, much less convicted of one, much less sentenced to death.
Anwar al-Awalki
Still, the President rubbed him out. We are told that he was a high-ranking member of Al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula, and there is some evidence that his preachings influenced Al Qaeda terrorists, including a few of the 9/11 attackers and the shoe bomber. He’s no angel. No doubt about that. But does that give the President the right to summarily execute a U.S. citizen? Read full column here: News New Mexico
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Anonymous said...

Paul's comments will not endear him to American voters of any political party. He will be barbequed by his political adversaries in the next republican debate. Any chance he may have had has been severely compromised by his regrettable response. Americans have little or no tolerance for terrorists who advocate or participate in plots to murder innocent men, women and children.

Al-Awalaki was a treasonous enemy of America. Few will grieve his departure from planet Earth.

September 30, 2011 at 5:41 PM

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