Doesn't it seem the US has been repeatedly hit by economic and natural disasters a lot lately?

You know, when I had that exact question about al-Awlaki I did exactly what I'm sure we all did as responsible Americans. I wrote to my Senators and Representatives and asked them, essentially, what the hell was going on. My point was that al-Awlaki was a bad guy, but where was the due process.

I got responses back, essentially saying that al-Awlaki was actively was not only supporting anti-American ideology, but was assisting with planning attacks against American targets. If that is true, I can see the justification a little better. The guy is in foreign country, is kinda tough to catch, maybe a Hellfire missile getting into his car is the only way to stop him?

Keep the debate going, be responsible, talk to the folks who are supposed to be representing you. I'm not comfortable with extra-judicial executions of US citizens by our government, unless we can say "This guy was planning on doing 'x', which would have killed/injured these specific people right here, so we stopped him". I can accept that -- it is like a police officer shooting a suspect because there is an immediate threat and deadly force was required to eliminate the threat.

There is a precedent. If the answer is vague, "He's up was up to no good" there are more questions to ask.

Only to the crazy terrorist . They attacked the USA . They brought pain to themselves .

I cant really gove you an answer,but what I can give you is a way to a solution, that is you have to find the anglde that you relate to or peaks your interest. A good paper is one that people get drawn into because it reaches them ln some way.As for me WW11 to me, I think of the holocaust and the effect it had on the survivors, their families and those who stood by and did nothing until it was too late.