aadler: (DoneThat)
[personal profile] aadler
 
… but a very, very good year indeed for those who don’t want to be killed by them.

So, Anwar al-Awlaki is dead. That’s a shame, but only because they spent a million-dollar Hellfire missile obliterating him from the face of a grateful earth, instead of a 78¢ sniper’s bullet. He was an American citizen? that only means he was a traitor as well as an enemy, and thus more loathsome rather than deserving of more protection.

There really are no serious reservations attached to this welcome event. If I had been the one to kill him, I would have felt I had rendered human civilization a valuable service. As it is, I can only repeat what has already been said, in another (but slightly less pertinent) context:

Rest in pieces, asshole.

Date: 2011-09-30 11:48 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] mymatedave.livejournal.com
I often disagree with you politically, and as much as my personal preference for those who committed the train bombings in London on 7/11 is put them on trial in front of the world and send them to a dark hole for the rest of their lives after being found guilty.

I really cannot find any reason to disagree with Obama's choice to kill him. He joined an organisation that declared war on his own country, and people die in wars.

Date: 2011-10-01 04:21 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] texanfan.livejournal.com
It seems al-Quaeda is finished as a force to be reckoned with, and that is very much a cause to celebrate.

Date: 2011-10-01 06:58 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] jordan179.livejournal.com
Amusingly enough, "in pieces" was exactly how his clan-mates found his corpse :)

Date: 2011-10-01 08:08 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] ozma914.livejournal.com
It's too bad he didn't suffer, though.