Quote from wildchild:
Lets do a recap.
Obama sends guys in to kill Bin Laden. They get him in cornered he is unarmed, not threat to the Seals, but they follow orders and kill him. Democrats cheer. There is no trial just a simply execution ordered by the Executive.
Obama orders the military to kill a US in Yemen. Once again, there is no trial just a simply execution ordered by the Executive.
Obama helps the Libyans overthrow Gaddafi. With help from the US military, the Libyans pull Gaddafi from a pipe. He is quite alive and stumbling around. Instead of having a trial, our new friends decide to skip the trial and go forward with public execution. The administration cheers.
Now lets go back a few years.
The military captures Kalid Sheik Mohameed, the mastermind of the 9/11 attacks. They take him into custody, give him equal or better housing than your average felon behind bars in the US. They waterboard him to obtain information, and the Democrats are absolutely up in arms and running their mouths about how much of a brute Bush is.
According to the dems, it is okay to have summary executions without any trial what-so-ever, but if you waterboard someone, they are aggravated.