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> as long as you can make the case for classifying them as an 'enemy combatant in an active war zone Under the Obama administration, they decided to count all
by imron 8y ago
> as long as you can make the case for classifying them as an 'enemy combatant in an active war zone
Under the Obama administration, they decided to count all military-age males in a strike zone as enemy combatants, unless there was explicit intelligence posthumously proving them innocent [0].
Was a bomb dropped on a wedding to kill a terrorist? Well, all the other men aged 18-50 at the wedding are also classed as enemy combatants too, meaning 'no innocent civilians' were killed. Way to go Mr. Nobel Peace Prize winner.
0: https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2012/05/under-obama-men-killed-by-drones-are-presumed-to-be-terrorists/257749/ https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2012/05/under-o...
- danesparza 8y agoGood lord. I wasn't aware of that one. Thanks for the link.
- imron 8y agoYeah, not exactly his finest hour.