Um, yes?

I agree, g0. And I apologize in advance for asking a question without giving a hint about where I was going. I also apologize for dragging out an old issue from the Obama years…

But here goes…

Anwar al-Awlaki Was an Al Qaeda terrorist. He was also an American citizen who fled to Yemen and declared war on the United States. Holed up in the rugged mountains of Yemen, he helped plan terrorist attacks in the United States.

Obama authorized the Reaper drone that took him out.

Oh, the outrage over killing a citizen-terrorist without due-process, though most folks will agree that the bank robber in my scenario needed to be shot

Now, I’ll reveal my opinion:

I agree with both the decision to shoot the bank robber as well as the decision to drone the American citizen who was moonlighting as an Al Qaeda leader in the wilds of Yemen.

Anwar al-Awlaki’s constitutional rights were no more violated than were the constitutional rights of the bank robber who yelled out the window “you’ll never take me alive, copper!”, before shooting another bystander.