WHACKJOBS OF THE WORLD UNITE! – AT 7:44 P.M. ET:  Well, I guess it was inevitable.   The usual suspects are out in force today, denouncing the killing of Al Qaeda terrorist Anwar al-Awlaki, taken out in Yemen by an American drone.

Anwar al-Awlaki was an American citizen who'd gone to Yemen to fight against the United States.  On the left, the ACLU is arguing that he was entitled to due process.  (Does that include an appearance on television's "The People's Court"?)  On the right, Ron Paul, who has the nerve to call himself a Republican, is arguing the same thing.  This demonstrates one of the first laws of political science, that the extreme left and the extreme right always meet.

It is highly unlikely that any federal court would uphold the argument that President Obama would have to seek al-Awlaki's arrest and give him his Miranda rights.  He was an enemy combatant engaged in operations against this country.   I'm not sure Constitutional protections were designed for chaps like this.

But it's interesting to watch the expected crowd, which never seems to fret about victims' rights, have their usual outing.

September 30, 2011