Is Obama guilty of war crimes?

[Blake the Heretic]

I've heard that the leader in Yemen was in on it, but I'm also aware of the civllian casualties involved in the drone strikes there. .

leader of Yemen in on what exactly

Again, I'd prefer to be made aware when we're doing military stuff in other countries, not have to find out and be surprised thinking we were backing out of wars not keeping them going.

It really is not difficult to find out. Just read a reputable journal like The Economist and you will be kept well enough informed.

Also, I don't fully buy into the legitimacy of Yemen, feels sketchy to me.

Huh? Its a democratic sovereign state with a multiparty system and regular elections but it doesn't 'feel right'? WTF?

Even 7,000 is more than what we lost. My point still stands on this one.

Sorry what exactly was your point again?

He was still what sent us into Afghanistan, and he's dead. This was supposed to be a 'get Bin Laden' deal, and even after he's dead there seems to be no sign of a wrap-up.

Very lousy planning both in the Iraq war and the Afghan war. No point in ousting the Taleban only to let them back in again.

You won't convince me of this. I still remember Obama's declaration of war on Syria. The guy couldn't even have let himself be bothered to wait for the U.N. to finish its investigation into what happened. He was all about that war, until Putin stepped in.

And it was all resolved oh so quickly. Putin just 'stepped in' and a weak 'don;t do it again' agreement was reached. Also the UK had just voted NOT to go to war for the very reason that I mentioned. Too many MPs thought that Assad was the lesser of two evils.

Oh and I'd rather not live under facists or islamic extremists.

Nor would I but the people of Syria are faced with one or the other. They don't have the luxury of choosing neither. Faced with that choice I would go with the fascists. they seem to be less killy and don't shove religion down your throat. Indeed the Baathists seem to be very religion averse.

The Yemen government and the drone strikes...you don't remember the very last thing you said to me? 0.o

The economist? Why would I go to an economic journal to find out information on foreign policy. I mean I guess it does effect the market in ways, but you'd think we'd have a journal dedicated to military drills/operations/and actions?

Not the government, the drone strikes. It feels shady. I get the sense that there is more to the story, just like Iraq turned out to be a shady war.

I don't perceive the Talaban as some great threat. I think we can defend ourselves well enough. We've not been attacked since 9/11 and surely we can learn our lesson from it to avoid further incidents. War doesn't really solve anything...if you haven't noticed each war we have just leaves us with more problems that it solves. World War II lead us to nuclear weapons and the Cold War, and our War in Iraq and Afghanistan has left us with a series of people in the Middle East who don't like us all too much.

I think after a long history of bloodshed, the world could at least start making an effort towards peace instead of going straight to bombs and military action.

Yes because forcing Syria to get rid of its Chemical weapons is such a terrible way of stopping Syria from using chemical weapons -.-'

That sucks for them. It's a three-sided war, and the people aren't doing too well.