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In reply to the discussion: He was a boy who hadn't seen his father in two years [View all]Autumn
(45,066 posts)80. The Esquire article said he snuck out of the family home to find his Father.
I don't know where his family home was. The boy was born here in Colorado. His Father was born in New Mexico and his Mother was born in Egypt.
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I would have to say Dwight Eisenhower was the best President in my life time.
xtraxritical
Feb 2013
#73
Surely collateral damage will be held to an acceptable level for only then could
indepat
Feb 2013
#35
16 is almost grown, esp in tribes. He was no "young child." US says he wasn't the target,
Honeycombe8
Feb 2013
#111
Not anymore. He knew by that date that his dad had been killed in a drone attack. He was hardly
Honeycombe8
Feb 2013
#117
If his father had not brought him to Yemen, this would not have happened
Freddie Stubbs
Feb 2013
#75
Nevertheless, he was. I was responding to your post that he was not your normal 16yo. n/t
Mojorabbit
Feb 2013
#11
I am confused. Are you saying he deserved it because of his training and his father?
rhett o rick
Feb 2013
#15
Then why did the Press Secretary make that disgusting comment about his father?
tavalon
Feb 2013
#22
Absolutely sick and disgusting. You should be ashamed of yourself. n/t
Egalitarian Thug
Feb 2013
#59
Sure they do, that little sperm should have seen the danger and swam the other way.
Autumn
Feb 2013
#14
Yes, he was meeting with folks that knew his dad that were connected with al Qaeda.
Tx4obama
Feb 2013
#33
This happened well before the last election. Why are you up in arms about it now?
harmonicon
Feb 2013
#34
Where is the culpability for the adults he was with?? He was with known terrorists!
hue
Feb 2013
#39
Hey, don't let actual facts ruin an emotionally manipulating story designed to portray
Yavin4
Feb 2013
#47
Perfectly said. This story unsettles me, but for me, the most important issue is why in hell
Number23
Feb 2013
#49
I know he wasn't targeted. But to be honest, that doesn't make his situation less tragic to me
Number23
Feb 2013
#53
no, but if we had done away with the ground war and used drones it would have cut down
JI7
Feb 2013
#56
Whose innocents? Only the invading soldiers with lethal weapons from our side?
Catherina
Feb 2013
#64
You don't need to be 'concerned' to point out that it was said this kid was collateral damage.
randome
Feb 2013
#89
"should have (had) a far more responsible father" = sick, disgusting. *they* killed him.
HiPointDem
Feb 2013
#99
Sad thing is, as Wikileaks revealed, they went after al-Awlaki because OBL was old news
Catherina
Feb 2013
#113