(May 12, 2014 at 11:55 am)Minimalist Wrote:(May 12, 2014 at 10:31 am)Heywood Wrote: The difference is the target.
Obama ordered the execution of an American citizen without due process. We need to know how he justifies the act.
Okay - so your problem isn't the drone...which I suspect will be well on their way to replacing manned aircraft in the future for a lot of reasons...but the target.
However even here you seem a little late to the party.
Quote:Kamal Derwish (also Ahmed Hijazi) was an American citizen killed by the CIA as part of a covert targeted killing mission in Yemen on November 5, 2002. The CIA used an RQ-1 Predator drone to shoot a Hellfire missile, destroying the vehicle in which he was driving with five others.[1]
Derwish had been closely linked to the growing religious fundamentalism of the Lackawanna Six, a group of Muslim-Americans who had attended lectures in his apartment near Buffalo, New York.[2][3]
That an American citizen had been killed by the CIA without trial drew criticism.[4] American authorities quickly back-pedaled on their stories celebrating the death of Derwish, instead noting they had been unaware he was in the car which they said had been targeted for its other occupants, including Abu Ali al-Harithi, believed to have played some role in the USS Cole bombing
Much as I imagine you will start back-pedaling now.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ahmed_Hijazi
Why should I back pedal? I haven't condemned Obama for the act. I am reserving that judgment until I know his justification.
