Obama's Remarks On A Political Murder

I have added my own edits to Obama's statement released today.

'Earlier this morning, Anwar Awlaki, the leader of Al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula was killed (extra-judicially assassinated) in Yemen. The death of Awlaki is a major blow to Al Qaeda's most active operational affiliate. Awlaki was the leader of external operations for Al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula (The Pentagon has told me to say). In that role he took the lead in planning and directing the efforts to murder innocent Americans. He directed the failed attempt to blow up an airplane on Christmas day in 2009 (The CIA has told me to say). He directed the failed attempt to blow up U.S. cargo planes in 20109(The CIA has told me to say). And he repeatedly called among individuals in the United States and around the globe to kill innocent men, women and children ('I call on you to kill innocent men women and children' he used to say) to advance a murderous agenda.

The death of Awlaki marks another significant milestone (provocation to Islamists and ordinary Muslims) in the broader effort to defeat Al Qaeda and its affiliates. Furthermore this success is a tribute to our intelligence community (the ones who got it so right over 9/11 and WMD and Yellowcake and all that shit) and to the efforts of Yemen and its security forces and torturers who have worked closely with the United States over the course of several years.

Awlaki and his organization have been directly responsible for deaths of many Yemeni citizens as have our allies the Yemeni authorities. His hateful ideology and targeting of innocent civilians has been rejected by the vast majority of Muslims and people of all faiths especially when it happens every week in NATO raids in Afghanistan. And he has met his demise because the government and the people of Yemen have joined the international community in a common effort against Al Qaeda, whose ranks will be swelled by this latest crass flouting of international law.

Al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula remains a dangerous, though weakened terrorist organization. And going forward we will remain vigilant against any threats to the United States or our allies and partners (like Bahrain, Saudi Arabia, Yemen, Israel). But make no mistake (it says here), this is further proof that Al Qaeda and its affiliates will find no safe haven anywhere in the world.

Working with Yemen and our other allies, like Israel, Bahrain, Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, Iraq we will be determined, we will be deliberate, we will be relentless, we will be resolute, we will be crass, we will be stupid, we will be culturally and historically illiterate, we will be insensitive, we will be impervious to criticism, we will be unable to learn from our continued mistakes in our commitment to destroy terrorist networks that aim to kill Americans and to build a world in which people everywhere can live in greater peace, prosperity and security with hope, peace, change, mom's apple pie, burble,burble, burbl....