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"Anwar al-Awlaki, a radical Muslim cleric who was placed on a CIA "kill list" last year, died in a targeted strike in Yemen on 30 September that also killed Samir Khan, an alleged propagandist for al-Qaida, in the Arabian Pensinsula. Al-Awlaki's teenage son, Abdulrahman, was killed in a separate strike 200 miles away in which six others died two weeks later...".* The Young Turks host Cenk Uygur ties this in to President Obama's reaction to the fatal shooting of Trayvon Martin at the hands of George Zimmerman.*Read more here from Karen McVeigh in The Guardian:
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bcglorfsays...Because trying to kill known terrorists because they are actively involved in killing civilians is the same as shooting a random black person?
Just because people get killed in both doesn't suddenly make them exactly and inseparably the same thing. This is pretty pathetic, even for Cenk's crew.
dooglesays...I don't think Cenk's logic adds up.
If Obama had a son, he'd most definitely not look like Anwar.
But if Cenk had a son, I think he'd look like Anwar.
Not Trayvon.
Trancecoachsays...It doesn't refute the logic, however, as to why Treyvon's death matters and Answar's does not.>> ^doogle:
I don't think Cenk's logic adds up.
If Obama had a son, he'd most definitely not look like Anwar.
But if Cenk had a son, I think he'd look like Anwar.
Not Trayvon.
bcglorfsays...>> ^Trancecoach:
It doesn't refute the logic, however, as to why Treyvon's death matters and Answar's does not.>> ^doogle:
I don't think Cenk's logic adds up.
If Obama had a son, he'd most definitely not look like Anwar.
But if Cenk had a son, I think he'd look like Anwar.
Not Trayvon.
Do you know who Anwar was?
Treyvon was just an innocent random civilian killed at random, probably because of his race.
Anwar was actively involved in coordinating multiple international murders and had made supporting and encouraging them his full time job. He was doing this while hiding out in an area beyond the reach of any court or judicial system that could have charged and arrested him with all due process. The decision with guys like Anwar is do you simply give up and let them continue killing people, or do you follow the law of the land they are hiding in and just send in a drone? Even if you come back with a different answer than Obama, don't tell me it's the same thing as just killing random civilians in the street based on race. That couldn't be more insulting to victims like Treyvon.
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