RE: OBAMAGATE
05-15-2020, 06:33 AM (This post was last modified: 05-15-2020, 06:34 AM by Black Aeronaut.)
05-15-2020, 06:33 AM (This post was last modified: 05-15-2020, 06:34 AM by Black Aeronaut.)
Ah yes. Drone strikes.
For the sake of being succinct and to the point, I'll leave you with an article from an unabashedly leftist source that prides itself on reporting on corruption and abuses of power. In this article, they are reporting on the toll of drone strikes in Somalia and Yemen, based on leaked information from the Pentagon, anonymous interviews with military and intelligence officials, and interviews with officials in the Yemeni government before it practically ceased to be a thing.
In my opinion, it's an extremely fair cop.
https://theintercept.com/drone-papers/the-kill-chain/
TL;DR? War is fucking confusing. What might be true one moment might not be the next. Ergo, mistakes were made. Stop blaming Obama like as if it was some sinister far-left plot, goddammit.
For the sake of being succinct and to the point, I'll leave you with an article from an unabashedly leftist source that prides itself on reporting on corruption and abuses of power. In this article, they are reporting on the toll of drone strikes in Somalia and Yemen, based on leaked information from the Pentagon, anonymous interviews with military and intelligence officials, and interviews with officials in the Yemeni government before it practically ceased to be a thing.
In my opinion, it's an extremely fair cop.
https://theintercept.com/drone-papers/the-kill-chain/
TL;DR? War is fucking confusing. What might be true one moment might not be the next. Ergo, mistakes were made. Stop blaming Obama like as if it was some sinister far-left plot, goddammit.