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In reply to the discussion: My son, who preferred Obama over Romney had some pretty startling things to say............ [View all]MadHound
(34,179 posts)First of all, the Bush administration, other than starting the war, had nothing to do with Tillman's death. Al-Awlaki was an American citizen who was killed by our administration without the benefit of due process, a process, might I add, that Padilla went through and wasn't killed.
As far as the thousands and thousands of civilians killed, there is no doubt that Bush was responsible for that. Yet while the death toll under Obama may be smaller, mainly due to the fact that Obama has been in charge for a shorter period of time, thousands and thousands of civilians have also died with Obama running the war.
I'm sorry if you don't like reality, but it is reality nonetheless. It is reality that we are engaged in imperial wars and military actions around the globe. Obama has not brought the troops home, simply repositioned them. If you can't acknowledge this basic fact, then you simply aren't acknowledging reality.