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minus-squareRimu@piefed.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up9arrow-down4·edit-220 days agoDo you care to name an incident, so we can compare?
minus-squareSunforged@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkarrow-up28arrow-down2·20 days ago The 542 drone strikes that Obama authorized killed an estimated 3,797 people, including 324 civilians. As he reportedly told senior aides in 2011: “Turns out I’m really good at killing people. Didn’t know that was gonna be a strong suit of mine.”
minus-squareRimu@piefed.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up18·20 days agoYes, I see, lots of parallels there. Apparently Trump is quite a fan of drone strikes too: There have been 2,243 drone strikes in the first two years of the Trump presidency, compared with 1,878 in Mr Obama’s eight years in office, https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-47480207
minus-squareSunforged@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkarrow-up16arrow-down4·edit-220 days agoThat Trump is worse does not trivialize the fact.
minus-squarePhoenixz@lemmy.calinkfedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down1·20 days agoNo, but it is telling that trump then, according to these number, killed 4x more people in 2x less time Both numbers suffice that either men should be in an ICC prison
minus-squaremadjo@feddit.nllinkfedilinkarrow-up5·19 days agoAnd highlights the reason why the US doesn’t acknowledge the authority of the ICC.
minus-squareRimu@piefed.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·20 days agoYeah I’m not arguing with you on this just sharing information I found.
minus-squareBeeegScaaawyCripple@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up3arrow-down2·20 days agoIf my math is right, that’s not by the thousands. That’s by the tens.
minus-squareredsand@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2arrow-down2·20 days agoRoughly %10 casualty rate. That’s dog shit 💩
Do you care to name an incident, so we can compare?
Yes, I see, lots of parallels there.
Apparently Trump is quite a fan of drone strikes too:
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-47480207
That Trump is worse does not trivialize the fact.
No, but it is telling that trump then, according to these number, killed 4x more people in 2x less time
Both numbers suffice that either men should be in an ICC prison
And highlights the reason why the US doesn’t acknowledge the authority of the ICC.
Yeah I’m not arguing with you on this just sharing information I found.
If my math is right, that’s not by the thousands. That’s by the tens.
Roughly %10 casualty rate. That’s dog shit 💩