Leftist hypocrisy with regards to Obama

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It would seem a lot of Obama voters owe George W. Bush a huge apology:

 

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New York Times:
U.S. Said to Target Rescuers at Drone Strike Sites
By SCOTT SHANE
Published: February 5, 2012

WASHINGTON — British and Pakistani journalists said Sunday that the C.I.A.’s drone strikes on suspected militants in Pakistan have repeatedly targeted rescuers who responded to the scene of a strike, as well as mourners at subsequent funerals.

The report, by the London-based Bureau of Investigative Journalism, found that at least 50 civilians had been killed in follow-up strikes after they rushed to help those hit by a drone-fired missile. The bureau counted more than 20 other civilians killed in strikes on funerals. The findings were published on the bureau’s Web site and in The Sunday Times of London.

The pop singers who endorsed Obama, like Morrissey, have no comment.

 

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Los Angeles Times:

McManus: Who reviews the U.S. 'kill list'?
Op-Ed
There has been remarkably little public debate in the U.S. about drone strikes, which have killed at least 1,300 people in Pakistan alone since President Obama came to office.

When it comes to national security, Michael V. Hayden is no shrinking violet. As CIA director, he ran the Bush administration's program of warrantless wiretaps against suspected terrorists.

But the retired air force general admits to being a little squeamish about the Obama administration's expanding use of pilotless drones to kill suspected terrorists around the world — including, occasionally, U.S. citizens.

"Right now, there isn't a government on the planet that agrees with our legal rationale for these operations, except for Afghanistan and maybe Israel," Hayden told me recently.

As an example of the problem, he cites the example of Anwar Awlaki, the New Mexico-born member of Al Qaeda who was killed by a U.S. drone in Yemen last September. "We needed a court order to eavesdrop on him," Hayden notes, "but we didn't need a court order to kill him. Isn't that something?"

Yes, it is something.

 

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http://www.salon.com/writer/glenn_greenwald/
Glen Greenwald has written some great articles about this issue.

These articles in particular - http://www.salon.com/2011/12/31/progressives_and_the_ron_paul_fallacies/singleton/ & http://www.salon.com/2012/01/05/democratic_party_priorities/singleton/ sum it up.

Some liberals such a Noami Wolf aren't turning a blind eye when a D by the name is responsible but it is shocking how so many ignore these atrocities.