{"id":3086,"date":"2011-09-30T16:17:55","date_gmt":"2011-09-30T21:17:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/jimbovard.com\/blog\/?p=3086"},"modified":"2011-09-30T16:34:51","modified_gmt":"2011-09-30T21:34:51","slug":"assassination-jubilation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jimbovard.com\/blog\/2011\/09\/30\/assassination-jubilation\/","title":{"rendered":"Assassination Jubilation"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>At this critical time in our history, we are very lucky that both our president and his killer drones are infallible. <\/p>\n<p>I am surprised at how most of the mainstream media is reacting to the  U.S. government&#8217;s killing of two American citizens &#8211;  Muslim cleric Anwar al-Awlaki and magazine editor Samir Khan. (I wrote about the assassination order in a <a href=\"http:\/\/www.csmonitor.com\/Commentary\/Opinion\/2011\/0517\/Assassination-nation-Are-there-any-limits-on-President-Obama-s-license-to-kill\"><strong>piece for the Christian Science Monitor<\/strong><\/a> back in May). <\/p>\n<p>Some of the media reports paint these guys as kingpins, and others merely say they were &#8220;linked to&#8221; Al Qaeda.<\/p>\n<p>And how much alleged &#8220;link&#8221; is necessary to justify assassination?<\/p>\n<p>[State Secret redacted here]<\/p>\n<p>I will write more on this shortly &#8211; but for the moment &#8211; I recommend the following excellent analyses: <\/p>\n<p>Kelley Vlahos: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.theamericanconservative.com\/blog\/2011\/09\/30\/a-dark-day-for-the-constitution-american-killed-by-drone-strike\/\"><strong>A Dark Day for the Constitution<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Ron Paul&#8217;s <a href=\"http:\/\/www.thestreet.com\/story\/11263899\/1\/ron-paul-slams-obama-for-assassinating-al-qaedas-awlaki.html\"><strong>condemnation of the killings<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.salon.com\/news\/opinion\/glenn_greenwald\/\"><strong>Glenn Greenwald<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>At this critical time in our history, we are very lucky that both our president and his killer drones are infallible. 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