• Rapidcreek@reddthat.com
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    1 year ago

    Actually it's not wavering as much as a display of Obama's pragmatism. He doesn't have to play with geopolitics the way Biden does, and would admit it.

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      1 year ago

      And when he had his chance, he continued a drone program that killed almost 4,000 civilians. His hands are pretty fucking dirty.

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        1 year ago

        That's double the number of civilians third-party sources claim were killed by drone strikes… from 2004-2020.

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          1 year ago

          Like how many did he send to their deaths in the pursuit of oil? Or with his own hands?

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          Better 1000 US tropps die than 1 civillian. The troops choose to join an organisation that invades other countries. They choose to be a part of war. The civillians dont.