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When he was in office, former President Barack Obama earned the ire of anti-war activists for his expansion of Bush's drone wars. The Nobel Peace Prize-winning head of state ordered ten times more drone strikes than the previous president, and estimates late in Obama's presidency showed 49 out of 50 victims were civilians. In 2015, it was reported that up to 90% of drone casualties were not the intended targets.
Current President Donald Trump campaigned on a less interventionist foreign policy, claiming to be opposed to nation-building and misguided invasions. But less than two months into his presidency, Trump has expanded the drone strikes that plagued Obama's "peaceful" presidency.
"During President Obama's two terms in office, he approved 542 such targeted strikes in 2,920 days—one every 5.4 days. From his inauguration through today, President Trump had approved at least 36 drone strikes or raids in 45 days—one every 1.25 days."
That's an increase of 432 [sic] percent.
(Score: 2, Insightful) by Anonymous Coward on Monday March 20 2017, @05:33PM (1 child)
Depends on your point of view. For the people on those dusty roads the drones are shooting at, the USA is considered the terrorists.
Imagine that an explosive device goes off in your neighborhood targeting some "enemy of ". I think you would be a little upset, and you would certainly be calling whoever sent it the terrorists. Imagine further that a family member gets caught in the radius, and the sender shrugs and says "sorry?".
(Score: 2) by bob_super on Monday March 20 2017, @08:59PM
Sender won't say sorry. Never admit guilt or confirm involvement in anything that could bring lawsuits.