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<blockquote data-quote="SMS" data-source="post: 1628135" data-attributes="member: 42"><p>I've struggled with this one, and for me it's come down to this.</p><p></p><p>We are in the midst of an armed conflict with Al Qaeda. Congress authorized force against groups like Al Qaeda (Ron Paul voted for it, IIRC). Alwaki was part of that group. Alwaki renounced his citizenship. Alwaki took up arms against the United States of America on a foreign battlefield (Yemen has been part of the battlefield for a long time, even before 9/11 and the invasion of Iraq). Yemen is not a permissive environment, attempting a capture would have presented too much risk. He was killed on that foreign battlefield. You have no right to due process on the battlefield.</p><p></p><p>How does that translate to a hypothetical militia compound in Michigan full of people <em>who did or planned the same stuff Alwaki did</em> (not just suspected of doing it, but admitted it)? Michigan <em>is</em> a permissive environment, as such we would be able to position law enforcement personnel to attempt a capture and give them due process. If during the course of that, they resisted...then any and all force as authorized by U.S. law would be appropriate.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="SMS, post: 1628135, member: 42"] I've struggled with this one, and for me it's come down to this. We are in the midst of an armed conflict with Al Qaeda. Congress authorized force against groups like Al Qaeda (Ron Paul voted for it, IIRC). Alwaki was part of that group. Alwaki renounced his citizenship. Alwaki took up arms against the United States of America on a foreign battlefield (Yemen has been part of the battlefield for a long time, even before 9/11 and the invasion of Iraq). Yemen is not a permissive environment, attempting a capture would have presented too much risk. He was killed on that foreign battlefield. You have no right to due process on the battlefield. How does that translate to a hypothetical militia compound in Michigan full of people [I]who did or planned the same stuff Alwaki did[/I] (not just suspected of doing it, but admitted it)? Michigan [I]is[/I] a permissive environment, as such we would be able to position law enforcement personnel to attempt a capture and give them due process. If during the course of that, they resisted...then any and all force as authorized by U.S. law would be appropriate. [/QUOTE]
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