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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Obama drone bombing of innocents, was that legal?

Look if you’re so concerned pressure your rep to repeal patriot act. [/quote]

I have serious issues with Obama's use of drones. But any legal and collateral damage ethical questions in Obama's case pale in comparison to the constant disregard for the law during this administration.[/quote]

He JDAMed a 14 year old American boy. [/quote]

First, wasn't a JDAM, it was a drone firing a hellfire missile.  Second, they didn't target the kid, they didn't even know the kid was there.  The target was senior Al-Qaeda figures gathered deep inside a tribal area in Shabwah governorate in southern Yemen, which at the time was under AQAP control.  The targets included Ibrahim al-Banna who was a high-ranking AQAP figure and Al Qaeda's senior media figure for Egypt, but he managed to survive and escape the attack.  The attack was successful in eliminating 5 other AQAP terrorists but for some reason al-Awlaki's son was also there and was killed.[/quote]

So Trump’s ordering the US military to kill civilians who are no threat to the US is the same? [/quote]

Obviously and absolutely not.  The person trying to claim Obama specifically or knowingly ordered the Awlaki teenager to be droned in Yemen is unhinged.[/quote]

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