I agree withg You about the American being killed. If you join the enemy what do you expect? John Walker Lindh anybody?
Random thoughts on the passing scene:
I can't get excited by the question of whether Senator Robert Menendez had sex with a prostitute in Central America. It is her word against his -- and when it comes to a prostitute's word against a politician's word, that is too close to call.
If an American citizen went off to join Hitler's army during World War II, would there have been any question that this alone would make it legal to kill him? Why then is there an uproar about killing an American citizen who has joined terrorist organizations that...
But if an enemy combatant takes up arms against the US he is no less a danger if he happens to be a US citizen. The President's first duty is to provide for a common defense. If he doesn't do that the rest of his job won't matter.
This is just as true for Obama as it was for Bush.
The Presidents 1st and ONLY duty is to uphold the Constitution. It is in his oath. That means ALL OF IT -- including the 5th Amendment.
Read the 5th Amendment. Does it have a clause that makes an exception for people accused of terrorism? Does it say, "No one except accused terrorists shall be held to answer..."?
No -- it says "No one". What part of "No one" can't you understand?
Are you talking about giving the miranda to ARMED people?
Cops are allowed to kill armed hostage-takers without "trying to arrest them".
An armed person in a highly hostile/dangerous place does not enjoy the luxury of the 5th amendment which is meant for ordinary citizens who are not threatening to shoot at the USA government.
A terrorist US citizen is the same as an unstable kid with an AK47 who is hiding in his place of crime. The police would shoot him dead. And so would the USA military.
You should try arresting someone with AK, and tell me how that goes.
You'd be dead. and the world would have a bump in IQ average.