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In reply to the discussion: Remember how FDR executed American Nazi sympathizers? [View all]Democracyinkind
(4,015 posts)in Waziristan began when the Drones came.
To state that all of the people killed in Waziristan are terrorists or "people who hate America" is, to put it bluntly, quite fascistic.
And there is evidence of Obama purposely killing innocents: It's called double-diping. He seems to be ok with it. At least, he's begun the tactic and he hasn't stopped it yet. Obama is also the first president to use "signature strikes" - Both methods are guaranteed to strike innocents.
Of course, Obama has a solution to that: Change definitions so that "militant" means "someone killed by a drone strike".
If you're, at this point, unaware of "double diping" and "signature strikes", than I can't consider you informed. This is not meant as a personal attack. But I did link you to the most up-to-date study on our assassination program, in which the things I talk about are documented - you answer, by denying it - and saying you trust him.
I do not trust anyone - Democrat, Republican or Satanist - that wants to implement "double dips" and "signature strikes". And I can't respect anyone - member of DU or not - that defends them.
And I think it borders on being criminally inhumane to simply claim that a couple of hundred thousand people "had it coming " simply because they happen to be born in the FATA.
Edit: I do believe that drones can be helpful. I think our military more or less figured out how to responsibally use them. At least they came up with a system of checks and balances.
As to the "black" drone program, run by CIA and contractors - we have absolutely no reason to believe any of that pertains.