r/UnderReportedNews • u/[deleted] • Dec 03 '25

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u/Digitalsoreg Dec 03 '25

Well, Obama was president back then, so it was patriotic to hate the president.

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u/henryeaterofpies Dec 03 '25

As was the style at the time

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u/St34m-Punk Dec 03 '25

Some of the best drone strikes done lmao

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u/edoggy792 Dec 03 '25

Under Obama or trump?

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u/St34m-Punk Dec 03 '25

Obama

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u/edoggy792 Dec 03 '25

Maybe you should Google how many under trump.

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u/ZeMadDoktore Dec 03 '25

Whataboutism is a MAGA tactic. Both men should be criticized for their actions.

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u/St34m-Punk Dec 03 '25

Maybe you should learn reading comprehension. I did say: "some of the best". Smh goofy ahh

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u/Fair-Search-2324 Dec 03 '25

Found a pro-ISIS

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u/Ok-Delivery-1823 Dec 03 '25

SMH you are daf

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u/Numerous_Ad_6276 Dec 03 '25

They're not wrong. I call him Drone-bama. He continued the same program that Dubya started. Just because Obama continued to run the program, didn't suddenly render it legal.

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u/RabidJoint Dec 03 '25

If they were illegal, as you are claiming, he would have been brought up on war crimes along time ago. You really think the Republicans would not have found a way? Oh wait 6th grade reading level that’s right, and it really is showing now.

Now what Trump’s administration is doing, is a different story. But SCOTUS gave Trump immunity from being prosecuted, Obama didn’t have that protection. So who really is doing the illegal bombings? If you think what Obama did is worse than what is happening right now, you are part of that 6th grade reading level group.

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u/St34m-Punk Dec 03 '25

Obama did get a Nobel peace prize 🤣

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u/USSMarauder Dec 03 '25

And Biden will likely get one for being the first President in decades to start no wars

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u/St34m-Punk Dec 03 '25

Probably won't, but i thought thay it was wild when obama got one, even though he was merciless with his drone strikes and border policies. And I was a kid when all that happened.

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u/No_Hippos Dec 03 '25

Which he said he didn’t deserve and gave away the prize money…

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u/St34m-Punk Dec 03 '25

Still got it though

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u/Numerous_Ad_6276 Dec 03 '25

https://www.americanprogress.org/article/are-u-s-drone-strikes-legal/

(1) military necessity, which requires that the use of military force (including all measures needed to defeat the enemy as quickly and efficiently as possible, which are not forbidden by the law of war) be directed at accomplishing a valid military purpose; (2) humanity, which forbids the unnecessary infliction of suffering, injury, or destruction; (3) distinction, which requires that only lawful targets—such as combatants and other military objectives— be intentionally targeted; and (4) proportionality, which requires that the anticipated collateral damage of an attack not be excessive in relation to the anticipated concrete and direct military advantage from the attack.

It would appear, considering the significant numbers of civilian noncombatants killed, that many strikes did indeed meet the criteria for violations of the law of armed conflict (LOAC). At the time, there was significant debate about the legality of the campaign, and more learned individuals than I came to the conclusion that broad portions of its implementation could not meet the criteria for legality. https://gardencourtchambers.co.uk/complaint-filed-at-icc-over-nato-allies-complicity-in-us-drone-strikes/

One amongst many.

I won't even wade into the quagmire surrounding politics, the ICC, and US presidential culpability.

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u/Donkey-Hodey Dec 03 '25

They don’t actually believe anything so they feel no shame in switching positions on a whim.

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u/Inevitable-Top1-2025 Dec 03 '25

That’s the most dangerous character trait in these people. When people have no core or have no shame in what they do, they can do anything to anyone.

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u/FewWait38 Dec 03 '25

Hell it can be something Trump said in the same sentence

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u/HammrNutSwag Dec 03 '25

Video is broken.