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Showing Original Post only (View all)Cornel West: 'Obama is a War Criminal' for Drone Strikes [View all]
"Appearing on the radio on Thursday with host Tavis Smiley, professor Cornel West argued that President Barack Obama is, like Presidents George W. Bush and Richard Nixon before him, a "war criminal" uniquely responsible for the deaths of "over 200 children."*
Professor Cornel West says President Obama is a war criminal who has killed "over 200 children" in drone warfare. Is "war criminal" the correct term? We know many civilians have been killed in air strikes, but are people unwilling to accept these deaths as war crimes from the president? Cenk Uygur and Ben Mankiewicz discuss.
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Should have given him more inauguration tickets when he asked, Barack...(n/m)
ProudToBeBlueInRhody
Feb 2013
#2
I meant others have the expectations. Like with me, others saw me as the NA Chair
catbyte
Feb 2013
#28
Cornel is nothing but a hater who is still sore from not being invited to the WH.
CheapShotArtist
Feb 2013
#15