It’s been a weird few days.

  • Assassassin@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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    I was a liberal up until a few years ago. Everyone that I knew, including myself, that had an opinion on Obama’s drone strikes also thought they were the worst thing he did as president and condemned them. I think you just have selective memory and only remember the liberals that continued cheering him on.

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      Everyone that I knew, including myself

      Okay, so what about people that actually matter? Got a quote with an liberals with any real power criticizing Obama? Or just anecdotes of a guy said a thing one time?

      Everyone…that had an opinion

      This doesn’t say anything. So everyone stayed quiet about it when Obama was doing it, and they just didn’t outwardly say “Oh boy! I sure love drone strikes!” Yeah, of course. That was never the contention.

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        Lawmakers raise concerns about Obama’s drone policies | Reuters https://share.google/zAU9JHMagoXdO7ByL

        11 senators ask President Barack Obama for memos on targeted killing of U.S. citizens - POLITICO https://share.google/aP1G3obPrvmitPuYI

        Leading Senate Democrat Has Concerns With U.S. Drones : NPR https://share.google/NSZS6EhiZF3TcZTzG

        There are 3 different sources with a litany of Republican and Democrat members of Congress raising questions and concerns about Obama’s drone strikes.

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          lol, with the Google share links and everything. I’m gonna guess you didn’t even read them. I know link spamming works against liberals who don’t know anything about the world around them, but it does not work on people who actually think about things. None of these support the point. But here we go:

          First article, just American nationalism and can be dismissed outright. Spends the whole time whining about American citizens being killed, not the use of drones. Nameless group of mixed Dems and Reps. Only critical quote is from a Republican who is mad that Obama didn’t do enough torture. Is your point in posting this that Obama should have tortured even more people? The statement that liberals did/do not criticize Obama as they do Trump still stands. Bad article.

          Second, same nationalism. Only criticism is of the killing of Americans. No criticism of the use of drones. You did not read the article and are link spamming about unrelated things. You should be ashamed. The statement that liberals did/do not criticize Obama as they do Trump still stands. Bad article.

          Third article. Finally, actual criticism of the use of drones. By one guy. He was the Senate Majority Whip and did not do anything within his power to enact any meaningful change, and there is nothing in the article about any other liberals joining him. The statement that liberals did/do not criticize Obama as they do Trump still stands. Bad article.

          I’m aware that liberals are nationalists who only care about very specific glorious American lives, but that isn’t the point we are discussing here. Some of us care when innocent people are killed regardless of what citizenship they have.