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Which US citizen(s) including minors did the Trump administration assasinate?

whatshisface 8y ago
I'm not sure what the OP talked about, but minors are frequently killed as collateral damage in areas where the US is taking military action. This is especially common when explosives are used in heavily populated areas, like the many online videos where a strike is carried out in a city. Assange helped reveal that in some cases, US citizens are killed as well (this was in the movie when he was played by Benedict Cumberbatch).
superkuh 8y ago
Despite what the shortened URL may look like this covers the US minor that Trump assasinated too. https://theintercept.com/2017/01/30/obama-killed-a-16-year-old-american-in-yemen-trump-just-killed-his-8-year-old-sister/ https://theintercept.com/2017/01/30/obama-killed-a-16-year-o... These were not just collateral damage. It took 2 strikes to get the older brother. It's unclear how many were done to get the sister. At least publically all that is known about the father in terms of wrong-doing was making videos about how US foreign policy was damaging on youtube. They say he's a 'bad guy' but there's never been any evidence given. He was taken out long before they went back in to get the kids.
- DoctorOetker 8y ago
  I don't understand why your upper comment was downvoted since it points at a core aspect of the systemic problem that in a democracy the different branches are supposed to keep each other in check: legislative, judiciary and executive branches. If you have an executive branch without oversight from the judiciary, it just grows like a cancer since the executive government doesn't need to prove anything, and the right to legal defense is vaporized... your quote: >... used (and expanded) the purely executive branch assassination program
  - superkuh 8y ago
    >I don't understand why your upper comment was downvoted There are two reasons I can think of. The first is that it really doesn't have much to do with Snowden's legacy. It's a tangent (even if I didn't start it). That's justifiable downvoting. The second is cognitive dissonance from acknowledging the problems of US government aren't all entirely the result of Trump. It's run of the mill partisan thinking. Often people think by highlighting the same bad behavior of past administrations I'm supporting the current. Not true, but partisans are gonna partisan.

I'm not sure what the OP talked about, but minors are frequently killed as collateral damage in areas where the US is taking military action. This is especially common when explosives are used in heavily populated areas, like the many online videos where a strike is carried out in a city. Assange helped reveal that in some cases, US citizens are killed as well (this was in the movie when he was played by Benedict Cumberbatch).

superkuh 8y ago

Despite what the shortened URL may look like this covers the US minor that Trump assasinated too. https://theintercept.com/2017/01/30/obama-killed-a-16-year-old-american-in-yemen-trump-just-killed-his-8-year-old-sister/ https://theintercept.com/2017/01/30/obama-killed-a-16-year-o... These were not just collateral damage. It took 2 strikes to get the older brother. It's unclear how many were done to get the sister. At least publically all that is known about the father in terms of wrong-doing was making videos about how US foreign policy was damaging on youtube. They say he's a 'bad guy' but there's never been any evidence given. He was taken out long before they went back in to get the kids.

DoctorOetker 8y ago
I don't understand why your upper comment was downvoted since it points at a core aspect of the systemic problem that in a democracy the different branches are supposed to keep each other in check: legislative, judiciary and executive branches. If you have an executive branch without oversight from the judiciary, it just grows like a cancer since the executive government doesn't need to prove anything, and the right to legal defense is vaporized... your quote: >... used (and expanded) the purely executive branch assassination program
- superkuh 8y ago
  >I don't understand why your upper comment was downvoted There are two reasons I can think of. The first is that it really doesn't have much to do with Snowden's legacy. It's a tangent (even if I didn't start it). That's justifiable downvoting. The second is cognitive dissonance from acknowledging the problems of US government aren't all entirely the result of Trump. It's run of the mill partisan thinking. Often people think by highlighting the same bad behavior of past administrations I'm supporting the current. Not true, but partisans are gonna partisan.