• LeadSoldier@lemmy.world
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    1 year ago

    Anwar al-Awlaki. Most things that I’m seeing about him are that he is the first US citizen targeted by a drone strike but I remember it being a big deal that he was the first US citizen assassinated at all.

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      1 year ago

      First that we know off.

      Although I oppose drone strikes and Obama was the king of them, this fella was in Yeman at the time which is a bit different than wigging off your citizens on home soil.

      • Sludgehammer@lemmy.world
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        1 year ago

        Um… Obama isn’t the king of drone strikes, the Trump administration surpassed the total number Obama era drone strikes in under two years IIRC.

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          Seems you’re correct. I stand corrected.

          Not that it matters but I am not American and have no dog in this race. I liked Obama and thought trump was… different.

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        You might be thinking of how Obama was the “king of making them safer” because before him they just let it blow up Kids and crap willy-nilly, and he was tired of seeing that stuff so he made them create a less explosive more knife like drone for less casualties.

        The flying ginsu.