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[quote=jsteele][quote=Anonymous]
Have you done "independent research" on this? What" library" did you go to for this research? How does one go about doing independent research on an issue such as this? I am not saying anyone should have blind faith in the government, but you seem to have none. Should we not give any benefit of the doubt to the people who are trying to protect us? What motive does Obama have to kill Al-Awlaki if he is innocent? You are in the easy position of being critical of tough decisions without any responsibility of the consequences should you be wrong. I voted for Obama and I am not a Bush fan by any means, but I do feel Bush wanted to do the right thing in terms of protecting American citizens, and I feel the same about Obama. I guess your independent research and knowledge on these matters gives you a greater understanding of the situation than President Obama or the CIA has. Oh well, I think I will go ahead and continue to naively trust that the President of the United States has more valid information and judgment to make the right call on this rather than listen to the webmaster of a Mommy gossip site. Call me crazy.[/quote]

I have a Masters of Arts in Arab Studies (MAAS) degree from Georgetown University. I assume that sets me apart from most webmasters of mommy sites. I have lived in and travelled to the Middle East. At one time, I was fluent in Arabic. For many years, I studied the region intensely. Even after that, I have paid more attention than most people to the Middle East. The "library" I used for my independent research was something called the "Internet". You may have heard of it. Al-Awlaki at one time had a website. It was in English. Even after it was taken down, many of the articles could still be found. It was a shame that the website was taken down because the comments on al-Awlaki's articles were fascinating. More often than not, he was attacked for being too moderate. I've watched al-Awlaki's videos. I've followed the writings of people who study Yemen intently. This blog:  http://bigthink.com/blogs/waq-al-waq is not that active, but the author has a very good handle on Yemen. He reads multiple Yemeni newspapers daily and frequently translates articles or paraphrases what they said. If you did nothing more that research the organization known as AQAP, you would find that it is extremely complicated. Nothing like you would expect.  I have gained an understanding of that history. I have the last two issues of Insight -- the English language publication of AQAP, the editor of which was killed with al-Awlaki -- on my hard drive. I haven't had the chance to read the most recent.

I don't know why Obama was so bent on killing al-Awlaki. I do think that Americans like to have an enemy -- the "Hitler of the Week". After bin Laden was killed, I fully expected that al-Awlaki would fill that role despite the suggestion being a cruel joke (it's like comparing a high school varsity football player to a Heisman Trophy winner). The Yemeni president was nearly killed some time ago and has been in Saudi Arabia receiving medical treatment. He was not expected to return to Yemen. But, all of a sudden he returned to Yemen with no notice whatsoever. Then, within a couple of days, al-Awlaki was killed. The US went from calling for Salih's resignation to praising him. I don't believe in those types of coincidences. I can see how it benefits Salih, I'm just not sure of the benefit to Obama. But, maybe killing Muslims is good for someone with Obama's approval ratings.

When Collin Powell gave his famous speech to the UN about Saddam's WMDs, I was involved in an Internet discussion similar to this. Someone asked me, "Any Questions?" My reply was that I didn't have any questions but that I was entirely sure that nearly every statement that Powell had made would ultimately prove to be false. I was right and Powell was wrong. I was not even a webmaster of a mommy site back then. How did I know more than the Secretary of State? Sometimes you don't know things because you don't want to know them. If Powell wanted to remain Secretary of State, he could not allow himself to know that his speech was totally false.

You are wrong about whether I have to live with the consequences of my decisions. I, probably like most of the DCUM users, really am one bad decision away from losing nearly everything. Presidents, on the other hand, can invade entire countries on false pretenses and, not only win re-election, but gain the respect of people like you.
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