Barack Obama orders killing of US cleric Anwar al-Awlaki
again there is a difference between having someone captured and defenseless and someone who is still a threat. Geneva Convention or not.
http://www.foxnews.com/world/2009/11/25/navy-seals-face-assault-charges-capturing-wanted-terrorist/
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The three, all members of the Navy’s elite commando unit, have refused non-judicial punishment — called a captain’s mast — and have requested a trial by court-martial.
they requested the court-martial, not obama. If you are going to blame obama, you might as well blame everyone else down the chain of command who allowed this to happen; Seal leaders, commanders, everyone. Also their charges include, failing to safegaurd a detainee and making false statements. As in, beating up a defenseless person (terrorist or not) and then lying about it. It’s a shame their boss didn’t just look the other way; but that means we should blame obama? K…
If you read the rest of that article, by fox news a trusted news source (lol); you will also notice that in 2004 a similar event happened:
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The military is sensitive to charges of detainee abuse highlighted in the Abu Ghraib prison scandal. The Navy charged four SEALs with abuse in 2004 in connection with detainee treatment.
So Bush is a terrorist lover now too eh?