President Obama seems to be on a roll lately with drone attacks on terrorists. Apparently, he decided to let up in Afghanstan and simply captured Haji Mali Khan, the senior leader of the Haqqani network. But yesterday he nailed Ibrahim Al-Asiri, the maker of the infamous underwear bomb for the 2009 Christmas plot.
But our President is a regulator and not the kind the Koch brothers fear. The President is descended from Wild Bill Hitchcock and seems destined to go down in history as our greatest Shootist. But is he getting carried away and turning into something menacing and pathological?
Here's the record.
In May, he killed Osama bin Laden.
Two days ago, he kills Anwar al-Awlaki, the leader of Al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula and also the editor of Al Qaeda magazine Inspire.
Earlier in September, it was confirmed that al Qaeda's chief of Pakistan operations, Abu Hafs al-Shahri was killed in Wazirstan.
In August, Atiyah 'Abd al-Rahman, the deputy leader of Al Qaeda, was killed.
In June, one of the group's most dangerous commanders .Ilyas Kashmiri, was killed in Pakistan.
The same month, in Yemen AQAP senior operatives Ammar al-Wa'ili, Abu Ali al-Harithi, and Ali Saleh Farhan were killed. In Somalia, Al-Qaeda in East Africa senior leader Harun Fazul was killed.
Back in August 2009, Tehrik e-Taliban Pakistan leader Baitullah Mahsud was killed in Pakistan.
In September of that year,Jemayah Islamiya operational planner Noordin Muhammed Top was killed in Indonesia and AQ planner Saleh al-Somali and Abdallah Sa'id were killed.
In February 2010, Haqqani network commander Muhammed Haqqani was killed and Lashkar-e Jhangvi leader Qari Zafar was killed.
In March 2010, al Qaeda operative Hussein al-Yemeni was killed in Pakistan. The mastermind behind the 2002 Bali bombings, Dulmatin was killed in Indonesia.
In April 2010, al Qaeda Iraq leaders Abu Ayyub al-Masri and Abu Omar al-Baghdadi were killed.
In May, al Qaeda's number 3 commander, Sheik Saeed al-Masri was killed.
In June 2010 in Pakistan, al Qaeda commander Hamza al-Jawfi was killed.
Credit goes to Jake Tapper of ABC for compiling this list. He asks, given Republican attacks on Obama for playing defense in the war on terror, what offense would look like?
But doesn't this list recall Clint Eastwood's behavior in the "Unforgiven"? The House Republicans should pass the American Jobs Act or else they might face the fate of the above. You never know when a man gets the taste of blood he can't stop.
People are criticizing the President for assassinating two Al Qaeda operatives, who were American citizens. An interesting and esoteric subject for law experts. But did anyone remember the 1970s when Black Panthers were gunned down? Few complained then.
But we have to keep an eye on this Obama guy. He's maybe too quick on the draw.
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