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Barack Obama[FONT="] has claimed that drone strikes, his favored tactic of war, have killed between 64 and 116 civilians during his administration, a tally which was criticized as undercounted even before Friday’s announcement. [/FONT][FONT="]The long-promised assessment acknowledged that the government itself does not always know how many civilians it kills and that it may revise its death tolls over time.[/FONT]
[FONT="]Between 2009 and 31 December 2015, the administration claimed that it launched 473 drone strikes that killed between what it said were 2,372 and 2,581 terrorist “combatants”.[/FONT]
Haul him in right after Bush and Chaney are tried for the 100,000's of civilians they killed.
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2016/jul/01/obama-drones-strikes-civilian-deaths
Haul him before the UN World Court, and try him for war crimes.
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2016/jul/01/obama-drones-strikes-civilian-deaths
Haul him before the UN World Court, and try him for war crimes.
Sure he sweet talks and massages numbers beyond anything resembling honesty. We know he's a lousy President and an embarrassment. But where's the crime?
I don't see it.
Haul him in right after Bush and Chaney are tried for the 100,000's of civilians they killed.
"Drone strikes', also known as "assassination"...
E.O. 12333 2.11 (Reagan)
Prohibition on Assassination. No person employed by or acting on behalf of the United States Government shall engage in, or conspire to engage in, assassination.
With E.O. 12036 (Carter) and E.O. 11905 (Ford) preceding it.
Y'all still telling that lie?
They still don't know the difference between terrorists and civilians.
Don't be silly. It's targeted killing of combatants. That seems perfectly okay. If you had argued that it makes enemies among the populations. .. Well, that would be one thing. But this bumbo jambo is silly.
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2016/jul/01/obama-drones-strikes-civilian-deaths
Haul him before the UN World Court, and try him for war crimes.
Haul him in right after Bush and Chaney are tried for the 100,000's of civilians they killed.
Is there anyone that believes this administration is correctly reporting this number?
Is there anyone that believes this administration is correctly reporting this number?
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2016/jul/01/obama-drones-strikes-civilian-deaths
Haul him before the UN World Court, and try him for war crimes.
Obama has killed thousands, not just the 116 mentioned in the recent articles.
Remember the Arab Spring? What happened after he and queen Hillary declared the new democratic utopia?
I'm probably way off base here, but it seems to me that it would be so much more practical if we just developed a solid defensive and offensive foreign policy and went and killed as many of the bad guys as we could and then come back home and started enjoying our basic freedoms again. Wouldn't it be nice to go to a Super Bowl game and not have to be patted down and watched by a bunch of suits like we are terrorists?
When Obama announces that 116 civilians have been killed, I don't know whether he's bragging or complaining.
You have no real understanding of the war on terror. Just killing the bad guys does not end their reign. They use propoganda to recruit, and american attacks killing civilians is the number one driver.
To defeat terrorism, you need to sway the people that harbor them over to your side, if you just go killing terrorists, one will replace him as soon as he dies, this is the same with leaders, we killed bin laden, and numerous other leaders, yet these organizations are more powerful than ever.
Thank you for your perspective. I agree with you more than you will ever know.
My view includes mass annihilation. Children, grand children, parents, grand parents, dogs, cats, and cockroaches. When an enemy knows that it faces extinction, it often will re-evaluate its position. Examples;Japan, Germany, The American Indians, to name a few. There aren't as many of them as they want for us to believe. I know the mission can't be completed next week. My question is, "How long do you want to live this way?" How many of our basic human liberties granted to us in the Preamble to The Constitution of The United States are we willing fritter away. I don't want my grand daughter to have to live like this.
I do not believe that all the worshipers during this Ramadan are in their Mosques engaging in break out groups discussing how they can be better Americans.
I see what you mean. More Right, White, Christianity killing westward. Gee, who'd a thunk it?
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