>When you go to another country and openly wage war upon the US, you make yourself a military target. This is understandable - if Americans are being attacked,

>When you go to another country and openly wage war upon the US, you make yourself a military target. This is understandable - if Americans are being attacked, their attackers should be killed. Figure out who they are later. But in this case there was no immediate danger. And to steal from Stalin, "how many divisions does al-Awlaki have?" I would love to hear the evidence against al-Awlaki, but sadly the trial was dispensed with, not to mention the subpoena.