‘A Due Process in War’

In respect of the killing of Anwar al-Awlaki, this newspaper is with our friends at the Wall Street Journal, who issued over the weekend a particularly well-put editorial saying that the administration deserves our congratulations and our thanks. Our view is that America is at war. The war began the moment we were attacked — that is, it was declared by our enemies. For our part, we’re confident that Congress acted lawfully in granting the president the authority to fight this war. And that, for all our other policy disagreements with President Obama, his decision to attack on Friday was the result of what the Washington Post quoted an administration officials as calling “a due process in war.” We doubt there’s a court in the land that will object.