You are reading a single comment by @Stonehedge and its replies.
Click here to read the full conversation.
-
Could have gone up 1600% under another potus for all we know.
It certainly does feel that the Obama drone strike policy comes up in political debates more often than actual real war atrocities conducted by the US.
Edit: Such as https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Haditha_massacre
Stonehedge-
Yes! That’s a good point. I think maybe because there’s the slightly misguided notion that the democrats would ideologically pacifist (thereabouts) so it seems extra egregious when the military industrial complex is seemingly given free reign no matter who’s in charge.
Wonder what will happen to all those weapons deals trump made with Saudi Arabia etc...
Well_is_it
I was thinking that. There is no control for this piece of data. Could have gone up 1600% under another potus for all we know.