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I got as far as them re-litigating Joe Lieberman

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[-] FourteenEyes@hexbear.net 77 points 1 year ago

Ordering the execution of a 16 year old American citizen via drone strike, carried out while the target was eating at a cafe in Jordan. The missile killed him, his cousin he was eating with, and seven more people who just happened to be there

Wait nevermind it was when he said not to put ketchup on a hot dog

[-] Beaver@hexbear.net 31 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

That was the incident that finally took the blinders off my eyes and made me realize "oh, Obama is literally just a fucking serial killer". It makes liberal's fascination with serial killer true crime dramas make more sense, it reminds them of their favorite president.

The wikipedia article about it doesn't even bother to mention that the drone strike murdered a whole cafe full of people. The lives of other are just a non-factor in westerner's minds sometimes.

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[-] balderdash9@lemmy.zip 72 points 1 year ago

First thing that comes to mind is he used a fuck ton of drones overseas. But in the years before his presidency, more and more drones were being used.

Second, Obama was pro-whistle blowers when he ran for POTUS. But when Edward Snowden told the world that the NSA is spying on Americans, suddenly Obama took his pro-whistle blowing stance off of his website.

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[-] PM_ME_YOUR_FOUCAULTS@hexbear.net 60 points 1 year ago

Stop trying to smear this bi icon

[-] President_Obama@hexbear.net 31 points 1 year ago

He's asexual but likes to dream about cute boys

He's literally me wtf?

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[-] SexMachineStalin@hexbear.net 48 points 1 year ago

2011 Invasion of Lybia and the subsequent overthrow of Gadaffi - Slavery, refugee crisis, Boko Haram

2014 Invasion of Syria - Ongoing refugee crisis, ISIS

2014 Invasion of Yemen (Saudi-led) - Humanitarian crisis, ISIS

2013 Euromaidan Coup in Ukraine - Azov, Crimean secession, Russo-Ukraine War

2015 Sanctions on Venezuela - Economic crisis, threat of warfare, hyperinflation

2009-16 Support to ETIM - Terrorist attacks throughout China, especially Xinjiang, ETIM+ISIS collaboration, development of "Uyghur genocide" narrative

2013 AFRICOM - Increased US military presence in Africa, drone strikes in Sudan, Somalia and Lybia, growth of Boko Haram and ISIS

2009 Honduras Coup

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[-] betelgeuse@hexbear.net 43 points 1 year ago

In terms of body count, bragging that he made us the #1 producer of natural gas and choosing to not address climate change because it, along with healthcare, would expend too much political capital.

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[-] BodyBySisyphus@hexbear.net 39 points 1 year ago

Not only were the drones awful, but there was some reporting at the time about a policy of double-tapping - hitting the target, then sending a second missile after emergency crews showed up to deal with the damage.

amerikkka-clap

[-] emizeko@hexbear.net 37 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

fucking over mortgage holders in favor of recapitalizing the banks, immiserating millions and cutting black wealth in half

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[-] Gay_Tomato@hexbear.net 36 points 1 year ago
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[-] sempersigh@hexbear.net 35 points 1 year ago

Has to be the 2011 civil war in Libya intervention imo

[-] tryagain@lemmy.ml 33 points 1 year ago

This isn't the worst thing he did but it's the one that made me see him for what he is: drinking the water at a press conference in Flint.

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[-] Zuberi@lemmy.dbzer0.com 33 points 1 year ago

Ending occupy wallstreet and kicking the can down another ~20 years or so.

When the markets implode, just know there were signs

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