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glatt · 10-21-2011, 11:53 AM

I had no problem with killing this guy, or the 21 year old son following in his footsteps.

But now I'm seeing that the 21 year old son was actually only 16 years old.

WTF? We're now killing American citizen children? Sure, odds are that this kid would grow up to be a terrorist since we killed his dad. Just ask Inigo Montoya about that.

But we killed the evil dad, and then two weeks later remotely killed the child and a bunch of others enjoying a BBQ. What was this kid's crime? Did he renounce his citizenship too? I have a hard time believing he had committed the same crimes as his father.

Edit: Alright. I see that Ibrahim al-Banna was also killed in that strike on the son, and he was considered by the Defense Ministry in Yemen to be one of the “most dangerous operatives” in al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula. Maybe the boy was collateral damage.

10-21-2011, 11:53 AM	#75
glatt ™ Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Arlington, VA Posts: 27,717	I had no problem with killing this guy, or the 21 year old son following in his footsteps. But now I'm seeing that the 21 year old son was actually only 16 years old. WTF? We're now killing American citizen children? Sure, odds are that this kid would grow up to be a terrorist since we killed his dad. Just ask Inigo Montoya about that. But we killed the evil dad, and then two weeks later remotely killed the child and a bunch of others enjoying a BBQ. What was this kid's crime? Did he renounce his citizenship too? I have a hard time believing he had committed the same crimes as his father. Edit: Alright. I see that Ibrahim al-Banna was also killed in that strike on the son, and he was considered by the Defense Ministry in Yemen to be one of the “most dangerous operatives” in al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula. Maybe the boy was collateral damage. Last edited by glatt; 10-21-2011 at 12:07 PM.