Terrorist Don’t Deserve Citizenship
November 18, 2010
Here's a serious question for you: if the American-born cleric known as Anwar al Awlaki urges his followers to kill Americans anywhere they can find them and the Obama administration orders the CIA to capture or kill him, but the ACLU goes to court to try to stop them, who wins this war if the courts agree? Do I have to ask, because that is exactly what is happening.
Awlaki claims credit for inspiring the Fort Hood mass murderer and the Christmas Day attempted bomber. The ACLU and the Center for Constitutional Rights say, as a U.S. citizen, Awlaki deserves due process. Not if he has violated his citizenship and is engaged in insurrection against the United States.
Every citizen who engages in or encourages terrorism should be stripped of his citizenship. No exceptions. And that especially goes for those who have been naturalized and took an oath to preserve and defend the constitution. Terrorism violates that oath.
When are we going to fight this war without worrying about what our enemy thinks of us? They are playing us…for fools.
Cal Thomas is a nationally syndicated columnist based in Washington, D.C.
Originally published November 18, 2010.
