Anwar al-Awlaki & Samir Khan

[Lamplighter]

To my mind, Obama has made the worst decision of his presidency by approving this "targeted killing".

Historicially, I believe Obama will be known as the first Black President
and the President that publicly approved assassination of an American
citizen without trial.

Such extra-legal killings are totally different than attempts to capture and imprison.
Despite who is the target and what he may/may not have done against the US,
there is such a thing as a slippery slope and Obama has stepped on it with both feet.
There will be more killings to come, and justifications will be less and less,
while pride and respect for the American system of justice will deteriorate more and more.