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Thanks you!

Later —Ron

This is a new kind of war (as in not just tanks charging across picturesque European landscapes) … and unfortunately, we have had to learn as we go. The only other real alternative is to give in to terrorism, and surrender to an eventual global Caliphate. Would that make you happier? Where would your prized constitutional freedoms be then? By all means … keep tabs on government abuses of power … call them on it … raise hell over it! Stand up and fight if necessary and when needed! But don’t let your libertarian ideological stubborness doom the country … just as Obama’s left-wing socialist ideology does.

I repeat, according to the laws of our nation, when a citizen takes up arms against this country and plots the death of thousands of its citizens as a member of an enemy force (i.e. Al Qaeda), that citizen has effectively forefeited any claim to citizenship. Your arguement against killing Americans without due process of law (while I totally agree with you) does not apply in this case! al-Awlaki, when he chose to fight for and help lead Al Qaeda; effectively renounced his U.S. citizenship. He is no longer an American (and I thought only liberals never let the facts get in the way of a good story). He is no longer protected by “due Process!” He is simply an enemy combatant.

Therefore sending a SEAL team over to Yemen to try and “arrest” al-Awlaki and then read him his “Miranda Rights”… may have caused that SEAL team to “die in vain.” That is as bad an idea as trying terrorists in our civilian courts. It is expensive, short-sighted, dangerous and yes … stupid!! Why do you think even Obama’s idiotic cronies gave up on trying terrorists in civilian courts and went back to military tribunals?

It is sometimes very difficult to not let enthusiasm for for a candidate, or ideology, blind us to the fact that, no matter how constitutionally-minded and patriotic we are; our ideas, decisions, and policies still have to work in the real world. The world we actually live in … and not the world we wished we lived in. That’s how left-wing liberals think! If we, as conservatives, can’t see the difference … we are no better than the progressive, left-wing socialists like Obama, et al. We are simply on the other end of the political spectrum and just as dangerous to the country.

Despite your enthusiam for Ron Paul (and I really do agree with a lot of what he says), it is his inability to grasp this ideological-world / real-world difference that has kept him from being elected in the past and is what (at least in my opinion) makes his campaign untenable in the 2012 election as well … despite you and his many other loyal and committed followers.

“Any society that would give up a little liberty to gain a little security will deserve neither and lose both.” ~Benjamin Franklin

Killing an American citizen without the due process afforewarded them by the 5th amendment of our Constitution under any circumstances is an impeachable offense. It goes against the Oath that our soldiers, who die in the name of protecting our liberties take, our political representatives, and our president. This is not the 1st time that President Obama subverted our Constitution either. He did so when he bombed Libya without a formal declaration of war with Congressional approval.

In order for you to be as patriotic as you say you are… I would encourage you to do what you can to ensure our soldiers don’t die in vain, as they witness our Government tear down the very rule of law that they are expected to die defending.

Theres a reason why Ron Paul gets more donations than any other presidential candidate.

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