geauxtohell
Choose your weapon.
Why do people keep saying battlefield? Were there soldiers in a firefight? Was Awlaki armed and shooting at someone? Was the pickup he was riding in actually a camouflaged tank?
Because the concept of "battlefield" and combatent has changed in the past 50 years.
Have you been asleep for the last decade?
Yep. Now the "battlefield" is wherever the government decides to kill you.
It's astounding how people can twist the language to justify virtually anything.
Don't be dimwitted. As I said before, if this guy was in Iowa, this would have been a completely different situation.
The fact that he was operating in Yemen and actively involved in efforts that have (the Ft. Hood massacre) and will target Americans changes the context.
He had two years to make an appeal on his behalf. He did not. Deal with reality.