Reply #124: Thank you for your thoughtful reply.

[ClarkUSA]

<<But anyway, to you I would say that you might be right that the situation is such that basic principles of due process would be satisfied by killing him, but we don't really know whether that is the case. It is especially difficult to know how much evidence there is that killing him is immediately necessary to prevent him from acts of unjust aggression against others.>>

True, but you could say that about any military action we take in Af-Pak. I've read enough in the NYT article that I and Keith Olbermann keep quoting to surmise that Awlaki is now an imminent threat. Also, there are enough folks who do know everything and who approve of this action that I trust to do the right thing, President Obama foremost among them.