• ShaggySnacks@lemmy.myserv.one
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    8 days ago

    Friendly reminder, that Obama assassinated an American citizen in drone strike.

    Anwar Nasser Abdulla al-Awlaki (Arabic: أنور العولقي, romanized: Anwar al-'Awlaqī; April 21, 1971 – September 30, 2011) was an **American-Yemeni **Islamic cleric and lecturer assassinated in Yemen in 2011 by a U.S. drone strike ordered by President Barack Obama. Al-Awlaki was the first U.S. citizen to be targeted and assassinated by a U.S. government drone strike.[6][7] U.S. government officials alleged that al-Awlaki, a dual citizen of the U.S. and Yemen, was a key organizer for the Islamist militant group al-Qaeda.

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anwar_al-Awlaki

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      7 days ago

      was a key organizer for the Islamist militant group al-Qaeda.

      Seems like he deserved it

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        7 days ago

        Maybe he did, maybe he didn’t, however if everyone is saying illegal immigrants deserve due process that same standard as to be applied to terrorists. If that same standard isn’t to everyone; people don’t have rights, they have privileges.

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          6 days ago

          The difference between them justifies different treatment. One is a Group of immigrants that is within your jurisdiction and even your custody and only wants to work. The other is a Terrorist that wants to kill people and is at roughly the opposite point on the globe, far away from your jurisdiction and custody. They don’t need to be treated the same.

          Also by not killing him they would have disregarded the right to live of his potential victims.