3 ms·

I am sure ISIS and al Qaeda feel they are being terrorized and Americans fully support these operations. Pakistan and Yemen help with these missions because the

I am sure ISIS and al Qaeda feel they are being terrorized and Americans fully support these operations. Pakistan and Yemen help with these missions because they want them eradicated. Europeans criticize while not realizing these operation are run in large part from Europe. As long as the governments of Europe do what the U.S. says the opinion of their citizens can be ignored.

acqq 12y ago
You totally ignore all the deaths of civilians caused by the US military and other actions.
- happyscrappy 12y ago
  Drones, contrary to popular belief, reduce civilian casualties.
  - amirmc 12y ago
    Redefining 'civilian' also reduces civilian casualties. "It is also because Mr. Obama embraced a disputed method for counting civilian casualties that did little to box him in. It in effect counts all military-age males in a strike zone as combatants, according to several administration officials, unless there is explicit intelligence posthumously proving them innocent." I don't imagine anyone cares to do the posthumous intelligence checks. http://www.nytimes.com/2012/05/29/world/obamas-leadership-in-war-on-al-qaeda.html?pagewanted=all&_r=0 http://www.nytimes.com/2012/05/29/world/obamas-leadership-in...
    - brennannovak 12y ago
      "Terrorist guilty until proven otherwise" horrifying stuff!
  - acqq 12y ago
    Only during 2003-2006 US war period in Iraq there were some 600000 Iraqis killed, most of them civilians: http://leksikon.org/images/iraq_lancet2.pdf http://leksikon.org/images/iraq_lancet2.pdf There was no al Qaeda in Iraq before US attacked it: http://www.weeklystandard.com/blogs/still-clueless-about-al-qaeda-iraq_576537.html http://www.weeklystandard.com/blogs/still-clueless-about-al-... http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2008/12/15/bush-acknowledges-absence_n_151144.html http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2008/12/15/bush-acknowledges-a...

acqq 12y ago

You totally ignore all the deaths of civilians caused by the US military and other actions.

happyscrappy 12y ago
Drones, contrary to popular belief, reduce civilian casualties.
- amirmc 12y ago
  Redefining 'civilian' also reduces civilian casualties. "It is also because Mr. Obama embraced a disputed method for counting civilian casualties that did little to box him in. It in effect counts all military-age males in a strike zone as combatants, according to several administration officials, unless there is explicit intelligence posthumously proving them innocent." I don't imagine anyone cares to do the posthumous intelligence checks. http://www.nytimes.com/2012/05/29/world/obamas-leadership-in-war-on-al-qaeda.html?pagewanted=all&_r=0 http://www.nytimes.com/2012/05/29/world/obamas-leadership-in...
  - brennannovak 12y ago
    "Terrorist guilty until proven otherwise" horrifying stuff!
- acqq 12y ago
  Only during 2003-2006 US war period in Iraq there were some 600000 Iraqis killed, most of them civilians: http://leksikon.org/images/iraq_lancet2.pdf http://leksikon.org/images/iraq_lancet2.pdf There was no al Qaeda in Iraq before US attacked it: http://www.weeklystandard.com/blogs/still-clueless-about-al-qaeda-iraq_576537.html http://www.weeklystandard.com/blogs/still-clueless-about-al-... http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2008/12/15/bush-acknowledges-absence_n_151144.html http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2008/12/15/bush-acknowledges-a...