ehhh, when you say U.S. citizens are you referring to Anwar Al-Awlaki? Because that's a very specific strike in that he was a recruiter for Al Qaeda and was wi

ehhh, when you say U.S. citizens are you referring to Anwar Al-Awlaki? Because that's a very specific strike in that he was a recruiter for Al Qaeda and was with 3 other Al Qaeda members in the same vehicle in northern Yemen. Now you might say they could have let him go. But we did let Al-Baghdadi go, and equally charismatic islamist and look what that led to. Not every U.S. citizen criminal gets a trial. For example if you go on a shooting rampage, and a cop kills you, well no trial, because you couldn't be captured. That's the way this situation was handled in yemen. Why? Because the Yemeni government tried him in absentia and ordered him to be captured dead or alive. If you commit a crime in another country you are subject to their laws. Face it it's an exception that statistically 1 out of 300000000 would have a concern over. So lose the hyperbole it's not going to serve your case as well as more factual statements would.