Anwar al-Awlaki & Samir Khan

[Undertoad]

So now, under the Lamplighter administration, the Navy Seals have al-Awlaki, on a boat in the Arabian Sea, after one of his henchmen and one Navy Seal has been shot.

But you haven't said enough; it's far from over. What does the Lamplighter administration do with him now?

[Lamplighter]

Originally Posted by Undertoad

So now, under the Lamplighter administration,
the Navy Seals have al-Awlaki, on a boat in the Arabian Sea,
after one of his henchmen and one Navy Seal has been shot.

But you haven't said enough; it's far from over.
What does the Lamplighter administration do with him now?

Find the nearest carrier at sea and bring al-Awlaki back to the US
so he can face trial as an American citizen;
and if convicted, and whatever penalty is ascribed by US laws.

Impossible ? no
Inconvenient ? maybe
High crime or misdemeanor ? no

[classicman]

Originally Posted by Undertoad

What does the Lamplighter administration do with him now?

Originally Posted by Lamplighter

Take him to Gitmo

Totally just kidding. I couldn't resist.

[TheMercenary]

Originally Posted by Lamplighter

Find the nearest carrier at sea and bring al-Awlaki back to the US
so he can face trial as an American citizen;
and if convicted, and whatever penalty is ascribed by US laws.

Impossible ? no
Inconvenient ? maybe
High crime or misdemeanor ? no

Still you have no freaking clue.

"Find the nearest carrier"; Why? Do you know how much that costs for one dude? A Hellfire missle is so much cheaper. I thought you Liberals wanted to save money?

"Impossible, No."; And you would know this how?

"High crime or misdemeanor?"; That is not a level of assessment required.

He gave up his Rights when he joined the other side.

Here I am defending Obama, who'd-a-thunk-it?

[Lamplighter]

Originally Posted by TheMercenary

Still you have no freaking clue.

"Find the nearest carrier"; Why? Do you know how much that costs for one dude?
A Hellfire missle is so much cheaper. I thought you Liberals wanted to save money?

To put him on a ship (the Navy doesn't put aircraft on boats)
Besides, I wouldn't trust him to stay put in the saddle of a Hellfire

"Impossible, No."; And you would know this how?

I trust that paratroops are competent

"High crime or misdemeanor?"; That is not a level of assessment required.

It is for impeachment

He gave up his Rights when he joined the other side.

American citizens can not give up their rights - talk with Classic again

Here I am defending Obama, who'd-a-thunk-it?

I knew there was good lurking in there somewhere

[classicman]

Originally Posted by Lamplighter

American citizens can not give up their rights

wait what? I thought we covered this somewhere.... no?

[gvidas]

It's easy to say he "deserved it" or "it was the cost-effective solution." But -- and this is what I find deeply unsettling -- the laws which permitted killing him make no distinction between al-Awlaki in Yemen and, say, Joe Blow in York, PA.

This isn't a "slippery slope" argument; we're already at the bottom of the hill. The only way in which al-Awlaki was actually unique, in a legal sense, is that the President explicitly authorized killing him.

[TheMercenary]

Originally Posted by Undertoad

So now, under the Lamplighter administration, the Navy Seals have al-Awlaki, on a boat in the Arabian Sea, after one of his henchmen and one Navy Seal has been shot.

But you haven't said enough; it's far from over. What does the Lamplighter administration do with him now?

Merc solution: Turn him into chum. Go fishing.