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[–] kerrigan778@lemmy.blahaj.zone 23 points 3 months ago (14 children)

How exactly is this different from the drone strike campaigns of the last 15 years? Genuinely asking, seems bad but not particularly different at first glance.

[–] prole@lemmy.blahaj.zone 23 points 3 months ago (5 children)

They were happening in a war zone. We are not at war with Venezuela. Pretty obvious why this is different.

And no, I'm not defending Obama's bullshit drone strikes. Just be real.

[–] TheEighthDoctor@lemmy.zip 4 points 3 months ago (2 children)

Sorry but that is absolute bullshit, declaring "War on Terror" does not make a whole region of the globe a war zone.

It was bullshit then as it is bullshit now, check your biases.

[–] prole@lemmy.blahaj.zone 0 points 3 months ago (1 children)

They literally invaded two countries. We probably agree that they never should have been there, but to suggest it wasn't an active warzone is just asinine.

[–] BrainInABox@lemmy.ml 1 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago)

You think the drone murders were limited to merely Iraq and Afghanistan? (Putting aside the absurdity of declaring whole countries to be "war zones" even a decade after the invasions)

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