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[–] Passerby6497@lemmy.world 9 points 3 months ago

And he's still one of the best presidents in recent memory. Two things can be true at the same time.

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[–] BradleyUffner@lemmy.world 7 points 3 months ago

Given the strict choice between Obama and literally anyone running as a Republican, I would choose Obama every single time. No doubt, no hesitation. Every time.

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[–] ShaggySnacks@lemmy.myserv.one 2 points 3 months ago (1 child)

Don't forget Obama also drone striked an American citizen, Anwar al-Awlaki. Fairly confident to say that targeting and killing an American citizen is the prime example of extra-judicial killing.

Sure, some people will be happy that an alleged terrorist was killed. However the legal justification by David J. Barron (Chief Legal Counsel) laid out the the groundwork for a future targeted extra-judicial killing of an American citizen.

You know who's currently in the US crosshairs? Trans people, leftists, immigrants, and anyone who's a non-White, cis, conservative, male.

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[–] BarneyPiccolo@lemmy.today 1 point 3 months ago

I was never bothered about killing an Al Qaeda leader who was enthusiastically committed to terrorism against innocent Americans. The fact that he was an American citizen (by dual citizenship) is irrelevant. He was a traitor by definition, and he got what he deserved, in a war that Al Qaeda started.

As an American citizen, if you choose to wage war against America, you lose out on the protections of American courts, and you get to deal with the military, instead.