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He was an al Qaeda member with ties to 9/11. Not the same situation at all as a journalist.

Sure, but his son (who was also killed in a separate strike) was 4 when 9/11 happened and was 16 when he was killed.

Terrorist or not, he was a US citizen entitled to a fair trial.

Every Confederate killed during the Civil War was a US citizen too (secession is illegal and not recognized). At some point, if people are trying to kill you, you kill them back.

Equating an army marching on your city and a man saying things in Yemen is silly.

By the end of the war we were the ones marching on them, killing them in their cities, and burning them down.

War is war. The world would be a better, safer place for us if every single al Qaeda member worldwide were dead. I'm glad the US military is trying to get as many of them as possible. The main issue I'm worried about here is collateral damage -- that can cause the actions to be counter-productive.

So if the military decides your rhetoric calling for the extermination of a group of people is too extreme, you're fine with them drone striking you? As what you're doing isn't drastically different to what al-Awlaki did.

You're not even in the same ballpark of arguing sensibly here.

Right, calling for the killing of Americans is nothing like calling for the killing of al-Awlaki, an American.

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