Obama's drone party

[btfc]

"In the span of just over one term as President of the United States, Barack Obama has massacred FIVE TIMES the number of people killed by George W. Bush."

Not at all true as stated, is it? Either you are ignorant to that or don't care. Which is it?

[mick e]

From the Graphic wrote:
George W. Bush Death Toll: 509

Current Barack H. Obama Death Toll (as of March 22, 2013): 2,596

mick e is not a math major, but he has a general sense that it works out to about FIVE TIMES.

[btfc]

"Death toll from drones" is different than "Death toll" is it not? (perhaps mick e is not an english major either) The first confirmed drone kill was in late 2002; hardly surprising that drones are killing many more ten years after the program began, is it? Bush was just killing by different methods, correct?

[mick e]

Yes, but that is not what this thread is about. Nor is it about semantics.

[btfc]

Sure it is, if you want to say one method of killing is different than another. Such an argument is nothing but semantics. Kinda humorous that you would even say that.

[mick e]

You are being obtuse because you are unwilling to accept the ramifications of the illegality and immorality of America's drone warfare program.

[Mac-A-Matic]

mick e wrote:
You are being obtuse because you are unwilling to accept the ramifications of the illegality and immorality of America's drone warfare program.

i always find it curious when the so-called "liberals" here utilize the same tactics in an attempt to defend or diffuse a situation that puts their chosen patron/position in a poor light.

And how they love to beat up on Swampy while doing the same things...

[btfc]

"You are being obtuse because you are unwilling to accept the ramifications of the illegality and immorality of America's drone warfare program."

Wrong. Your little factoid is silly, and for some reason you seem obliged to defend Mac-A-Matic's further twisting of it. Combat drones effectively appeared on the battlefield in 2002-2003, and there are many more flying many more missions now. (News Flash! Guns killed more people in the 14th century than the 13th!) Are you really trying to claim that it is worse to be killed by a drone than by a bullet, or a smart bomb, or a cruise missile?

Talking out your a$$..

http://forums.macresource.com/read.php?2...sg-1443863

http://forums.macresource.com/read.php?2...sg-1193023

[Mac-A-Matic]

btfc wrote:
Wrong. Your little factoid is silly, and for some reason you seem obliged to defend Mac-A-Matic's further twisting of it. Combat drones effectively appeared on the battlefield in 2002-2003, and there are many more flying many more missions now. (News Flash! Guns killed more people in the 14th century than the 13th!) Are you really trying to claim that it is worse to be killed by a drone than by a bullet, or a smart bomb, or a cruise missile?

Talking out your a$$..

Still interested to know how whatever you wrote above changes the fact that Obama has killed five times more Pakistanis than George W. Bush in the same time frame - especially for a president who ran on a platform of Believe and Change.

Looks the same to me...

[max]

btfc wrote:
Talking out your a$$..

Flaming hypocrite; if it was Bush, you would be the first in line, btfc, screaming about illegality and immorality of America's drone warfare program....