I guess it's good for US national security that this man is dead, but what is to stop another similarly dangerous individual from taking his place and even doing a better job?
It is disconcerting that the US gov't can sanction the assassination of a US citizen living legally in another nation where we have no official military jurisdiction. All the "evidence" against this person is classified (actually he has not even been officially charged with any crime!), so we just have to go on the hate sermons he has released online and his alleged ties to the underpants bomber and Ft. Hood shooter. No due process, no explicit attempt to apprehend him, and it wasn't an interdiction to stop him from imminently harming others. Just shoot to kill, and the order came from a C-in-C who used to be a ConLaw professor.
Plenty of US citizens have committed treasonous behavior over the years (and yet our nation still stands), but Washington did not issue kill orders for them. In fact some of them today live comfortably and have radio/TV programs. I guess this shows Americans that under some set of conditions, our gov't can unilaterally and spontaneously murder us. But probably not being an extremist Muslim reduces our chances.
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