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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: 5, Touché) by GreatAuntAnesthesia on Monday March 20 2017, @04:07PM (6 children)
First off, is this Trump acting on advice, or just his own off the cuff call..
I'm sure he has taken the time to seek out as much pertinent information as possible, carefully carried out a detailled review of the results of past policies and actions before seeking out advice from wise and experienced people who are experts in the relevant field and, after much deliberation upon the potential consequences of each possible course of action, arriving at a broad and rational view of the situation by which he might set policy in a dignified and carefully worded press release.
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(Score: 1) by StarryEyed on Monday March 20 2017, @04:57PM
What's scary is this is like the "Enemy of the State" film, except the guy in charge of all that technology is the crazy crook who runs a restaurant.
(Score: 2) by rts008 on Monday March 20 2017, @08:36PM (4 children)
A tip of the hat to you!
I don't think I could have typed that past the first comma, before I exploded in laughter.
That had to be more distracting than shitting your pants and typing.
Maybe in a few more months with the Orange Clown-in-Chief still in charge, I'll find out for myself.
*fingers, toes, eyes, and even testicles crossed....hoping for impeachment*
(Score: 2) by GreatAuntAnesthesia on Monday March 20 2017, @09:44PM (3 children)
hoping for impeachment
The thing I'm looking forward to more than anything else is the look on his face when, convicted, he is confronted by an indisputably record-breakingly huge number of people lining the National Mall chanting "LOCK HIM UP, LOCK HIM UP"
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Monday March 20 2017, @10:06PM (2 children)
Convicted of what, exactly? "Lock him up" for what, exactly? (And YOU better be paying for his room and board while incarcerated, 'cause that sort of stupidity is caveman-level bad versus restitution/execution.)
(Score: 2) by GreatAuntAnesthesia on Tuesday March 21 2017, @09:59AM (1 child)
convicted of what?
I suspect that if and when the necessary documents are finally uncovered, he could be prosecuted for any of the following:
- Colluding with the Russians to influence the election
- Accepting a 19% share of the newly privatised Russian Gazprom shortly after taking office [opposingviews.com] in exchange for lifting sanctions.
- fiddling his taxes for decades.
- Abusing his presidential power to further his own personal business interests (scrapping the "alternative minimum tax" [theguardian.com], excluding Saudi and Egypt from the travel ban [nydailynews.com])
- Carrying out confidential presidential duties in the middle of a fucking restaurant [theguardian.com] surrounded by people without security clearance
- Using his status as president to increase the profits of his restaurant / club. (Apparently paying members can get a selfie with the guy who carries the nuclear suitcase)
- His historical involvement with drug traffickers and mobsters [thedailybeast.com]
- Oh, and it would be nice to see some justice for all the women he's groped over the years as well. (Not to mention the allegations of far, far worse).
There's probably a lot more, but that's a decent start just off the top of my head.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday March 21 2017, @01:04PM
*snrk*
Okay then - we'll revisit this later after the "convictions" start rolling in.
Oh, don't get me wrong - I'm ecstatic when the US "justice" system actually ends the career of a bonafide criminal. The problem with your post is that fully half the "crimes" you refer to are either not crimes at all, or are (currently) ephemeral delusions of what I can only describe as the alt-left.