States only authorizes an attack when there s near certainty that no civilians will be killed. he gave a forthright defense of the killing of the u.s. citizen anwar al awlaki saying when a u.s. citizen goes abroad to wage war against america and is actively plotting to kill u.s. citizens, and when neither the united states nor our partners are in a position to capture him before he carries out a plot, his citizenship should no more serve as a shield than a sniper shooting down on an innocent crowd should be protected from a s.w.a.t. team. the president made no defense of the other three american citizens who have been killed including abdul al awlaki, the 16-year-old of anwar awlaki. despite claims from previous administration officials to the contrary. it is a hard fact that u.s. strikes have resulted in civilian casualties.
Are part of an argument by the administration that it was okay to kill him. it s an argument this u.s. citizen was not targeted for death and ultimately killed by his own government without a trial because of his preaching or because of his beliefs or even because of his membership in an organization with whom we have declared ourselves to be at war. president obama made the case today that anwar al awlaki was killed because of what he was doing. because he said he was working all the time to kill people. but when a u.s. citizen goes abroad to wage war against america and is actively plotting to kill u.s. citizens, and when neither the united states nor our partners are in a position to capture him before he carries out a plot, his citizenship should no more serve as a shield than a sniper shooting down on an innocent crowd should be protected from a s.w.a.t. team. that s who anwar al awlaki was. he was continuously trying to
Believes or even because of his membership in an soorganization with whom we declared to be at war. president obama said he was killed buzz of what he was doings, he was working all the time to kill people. when a zu.s. sit again goes aboard and is actively plotting to kill u.s. citizens and when neither the united states or partners are in a position to capture him before he carries out a plot, his citizenship should no more serve as a shield than a sniper shooting down on an innocent crowd should be protected from a swat team. that s who armir was. these fact well allegations about what he did are part of the case the government is making for why it was okay to
His speech trying not to convince the american people of what the program has done to harm al qaeda. to convince the american people that it is just. to say a military tactic is legal, or even effective, is not to say it is wise or moral in every instance. the program is, indeed, moral and wise around an assertion it saves lives both at home and abroad and that the united states only authorizes an attack when there s near certainty that no civilians will be killed. he gave a forthright defense of the killing of the u.s. citizen anwar al awlaki saying when a u.s. citizen goes abroad to wage war against america and is actively plotting to kill u.s. citizens, and when neither the united states nor our partners are in a position to capture him before he carries out a plot, his citizenship should no more serve as a shield than a sniper shooting down on an innocent crowd should be protected from a s.w.a.t. team.
And when neither the united states nor our partners are in a position to capture him before he carries out a plot, his citizenship should no more serve as a shield than a sniper shooting down on an innocent crowd should be protected from a s.w.a.t. team. that s my side of the argument in our family fights, by the way, john podesta. we have this fight. david corn s family, too, and maybe your family. these people have declared war against the united states i don t like to use the word turncoats. they hate our country enough, they ve sent bombers in here. what are you going to do about it? i think he made two points. one, he took off the table that he s going to use drones to go in and shoot people in the united states, he said off the table. and the other thing i think is and it occurred yesterday as well with the holder letter to senator leahy. they put very strict restrictions on targeting and hitting u.s. citizens. and awlaki who was the one person targeted by the u.s. was