Is the drone program a disaster?

You know, when I had that exact question about al-Awlaki I did exactly what I'm sure we all did as responsible Americans. I wrote to my Senators and Representatives and asked them, essentially, what the hell was going on. My point was that al-Awlaki was a bad guy, but where was the due process.

I got responses back, essentially saying that al-Awlaki was actively was not only supporting anti-American ideology, but was assisting with planning attacks against American targets. If that is true, I can see the justification a little better. The guy is in foreign country, is kinda tough to catch, maybe a Hellfire missile getting into his car is the only way to stop him?

Keep the debate going, be responsible, talk to the folks who are supposed to be representing you. I'm not comfortable with extra-judicial executions of US citizens by our government, unless we can say "This guy was planning on doing 'x', which would have killed/injured these specific people right here, so we stopped him". I can accept that -- it is like a police officer shooting a suspect because there is an immediate threat and deadly force was required to eliminate the threat. There is a precedent.

If the answer is vague, "He's up was up to no good" there are more questions to ask.

It does open up a very interesting and dangerous can of worms doesn't it? Who decides who is a terrorist? The fact that someone within the administration or Obama himself can decide this and take action without due process kind of scares me a little. I think it sets a dangerous precedent and we need to really take a look in the mirror and decide if this is the country we want to be.

Only to the crazy terrorist . They attacked the USA . they brought pain to themselves .

Hell no.

Best thing Bush has done.