It's an ongoing struggle for most of us here. I wish I had more in the way of solutions that were realistic and could be actively pursued.Alas, I am a simple man with simple solutions that wouldn't actually work because the world is complex.
We're definitely returning to neocon politics, and I do expect the continuation of pointless wars, but if we're being fair Trump used drones as well. The most famous being the 1 with advanced warning.
Drone strikes are a part of modern day military, and aren't going away irrespective of which party or president is in office.
Edit: And, it goes without saying the double standards that mainstream media will hold. That's also to be expected.
If you'll recall the media fawned over Trump "finally acting Presidential" the first time he ordered a missile strike against that airbase in IranSyria. It was the first and only time they said a positive word about him.
And then more people died during the guy's funeral than during the attack that killed him because a stampede occurred ??♂️
Also those idiots begging for forgiveness kept posting shopped versions of the Iranian flag which was blasphemous or something similar because they have zero fucking clues about other cultures and how some treat their flags as sacrosanct.
Bush was the mass carpet bombing strategy. Obama armed locals and sent them to their deaths, sometimes at the hands of the US. Obama also did not-so-precision drone strikes.
Bush was the mass carpet bombing strategy. Obama armed locals and sent them to their deaths, sometimes at the hands of the US. Obama also did not-so-precision drone strikes.
Where is this data? Is it even possible for us civilians to know? I've found some metrics indicating increased drone usage under Trump, but even if that's true, it's to be expected given this is the modern military weapon.
Death totals seem generally centered around Obama's tenure, since that's when it became a concern. I can find some partial yearly data, but would need to dig further into them...it's a circuitous route either way.
Obama killed a lot, that's obvious and uncontested here. Trump killed some as well. How many were collateral damage, who knows?
It doesn't help that he revoked the 2016 EO on civilians killed in strikes outside of war zones. Obama might have been sly in his timing, but forgive me if I'd rather have the bits of transparency from the CIA that we can get, even if it's politically motivated.
I strongly support our men and women in uniform and believe we must hold Assad accountable for his unconscionable use of chemical weapons. But I am deeply concerned about the legal rationale of last night’s strikes.
The president needs to lay out a comprehensive strategy in Syria in consultation with Congress -- and he needs to do it now.
Surprising nobody
and disgusting everybody
I felt double broken hearted when I saw it.
I don't know how to respond in my life when everywhere from bottom to top is run by lunatics, sellouts, liars, and perverted criminals.
I am very alarmed.
It's an ongoing struggle for most of us here. I wish I had more in the way of solutions that were realistic and could be actively pursued.Alas, I am a simple man with simple solutions that wouldn't actually work because the world is complex.
Suddenly I am reminded of a passing conversation I heard my friend's wife have with her dad as they were packing up to move
"Something something Trump bad, mentions Bush Jr"
"Oh, Trump makes me miss the Bush days; I'd take him back in a heartbeat"
Looks like we got it! Snow Mexicans are so full of useful opinions
We're definitely returning to neocon politics, and I do expect the continuation of pointless wars, but if we're being fair Trump used drones as well. The most famous being the 1 with advanced warning.
Drone strikes are a part of modern day military, and aren't going away irrespective of which party or president is in office.
Edit: And, it goes without saying the double standards that mainstream media will hold. That's also to be expected.
If you'll recall the media fawned over Trump "finally acting Presidential" the first time he ordered a missile strike against that airbase in
IranSyria. It was the first and only time they said a positive word about him.Wasn't it a pretty negative reaction from the MSM when he had Soleimami killed?
And then more people died during the guy's funeral than during the attack that killed him because a stampede occurred ??♂️
Also those idiots begging for forgiveness kept posting shopped versions of the Iranian flag which was blasphemous or something similar because they have zero fucking clues about other cultures and how some treat their flags as sacrosanct.
You're right, I stand corrected. I completely forgot about that. Four years of TDS.
I think it was Brian Williams who used the word "beautiful" three times in one sentence when talking about those missle strikes.
It's evil people who are calling us evil.
syria, but your point remains true.
He used precision drone strikes to take out violent extremists Biden’s returning to Obama’s mass carpet bombing strategy.
Bush was the mass carpet bombing strategy. Obama armed locals and sent them to their deaths, sometimes at the hands of the US. Obama also did not-so-precision drone strikes.
Bush was the mass carpet bombing strategy. Obama armed locals and sent them to their deaths, sometimes at the hands of the US. Obama also did not-so-precision drone strikes.
Where is this data? Is it even possible for us civilians to know? I've found some metrics indicating increased drone usage under Trump, but even if that's true, it's to be expected given this is the modern military weapon.
Death totals seem generally centered around Obama's tenure, since that's when it became a concern. I can find some partial yearly data, but would need to dig further into them...it's a circuitous route either way.
Obama killed a lot, that's obvious and uncontested here. Trump killed some as well. How many were collateral damage, who knows?
It doesn't help that he revoked the 2016 EO on civilians killed in strikes outside of war zones. Obama might have been sly in his timing, but forgive me if I'd rather have the bits of transparency from the CIA that we can get, even if it's politically motivated.
-Jen Psaki
Yes, really: https://twitter.com/JackPosobiec/status/1365112455043682305 (Archive: https://archive.is/AMRu5)
-Kamala Harris
https://archive.is/36rGT
moar wars for israel and bankers yayy!
joe Biden. I am speed.
Trump drone striked Arabs left and right... Yet you guys glorify him