It was super duper illegal for Obama to kill an American teenager using a drone strike. He did it anyway. Libs ignore it or make excuses. Obama will never face any consequences for it. I don't like Trump (obviously), but he's the president Americans deserve.

[–] queermunist@lemmy.ml 4 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago)

Obama walked so Trump could run.

[–] InevitableSwing@hexbear.net 4 points 4 months ago

At one point Obama had a legal problem and a PR problem. My favorite about his two terms was how they dealt with drone strikes killing "too many" civilians. He and his guys came up with a clever workaround. I forget the exact ages but basically speaking - nearly any adult male killed in a drone strike was an "enemy combatant". Easy-peasy!

I don't remember what legal and linguistic trickery they used to justify double taps.