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I am happy that Obama has been able to keep the civilian death count so low during this war on against al-Qaeda. Obama has certainly also kept collateral damage to almost nil!
So, 852 terrorists were killed? if true, that's not too bad considering no American pilots or expensive aircraft were lost and no American troops were killed or injured.
In times of war, isn't that what military officials and politicians call collateral damage?
Would this be the war that the US has declared on the Middle East? Do you consider the thousands of Americans that died "collateral damage"?
I guess they consider innocent victims of US drones just collateral damage.
How many civilians have died from drone attacks under Obama?
How many civilians have died during the Iraq war under Bush?
What is the difference of those numbers?
Are you all proposing we start another war with boots on the ground in Yemen and anywhere else Al Qaeda is? Is that a better method for preserving life? Exactly what are you suggesting we do?
They're different than innocent victims of manned bombers HOW?
Well when we had the manned bombings under Bush there were protests and numbers shown in the press.
Now that it's drones with no chance of US death then it seems to be OK.
As long as there are no US deaths then it's ok to bomb the hell out of a country ?
I'm against these virtual wars that can never end.
I'm for defense but not "proactive defense".
At least I'm consistent. I was against war under Bush and still under Obama.
The fact that we've removed US boots on the ground doesn't change a thing for me.
We're still over there killing innocent people and can't tell the terrorists from the civilians.
How many new wars has Obama committed our youth to? What is the death toll of those who served during Bush compared to during Obama? What is the count of our wounded from "boots on the ground during the Bush years compared to the Obama years?
I have two sons in college and I am thankful Obama can fight this war on terror without a huge cost to the US both with lives and finances.
If there was a mandatory draft there would be a good possibility that your sons wouldn't be in college. It would just mean Obama had more military at his disposal to be disposed of.
What would have been your plan to stop this terrorist plot that was thwarted by drones?
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SANAA, Yemen — Yemen's government said Wednesday that it thwarted an al-Qaeda plot to to take over strategic ports and attack oil pipelines in the latest threat to foreign interests by al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula.
More suspected U.S. drone strikes struck terrorist targets Wednesday in the country's south. The strikes killed seven suspected al-Qaeda terrorists, according to the Yemen government.
"No travel warnings were issued for Yemen citizens ahead of a US drone attack on Tuesday. According to ABC News, Yemeni officials said a suspected US drone "fired a missile at a car carrying four men in the al-Arqeen district of Marib province, setting it on fire and killing all of them. They believed that one of the dead is Saleh Jouti, a senior al-Qaida member."
The US bombing—the latest in a string against the poverty-stricken and politically fractured nation—comes amid a global travel warning for US citizens issued by the State Department late last week and the closure of more than twenty embassies and consulates across the Middle East and North Africa.
According to the Bureau of Investigative Journalism statistics, US drone bombings in Yemen have killed as many as 1,052 people over the last decade, with close to 200 classified as "civilians" including more than two dozen children.
Nothing worse then what our Grandparents did with out any feeling whatsoever.....
They don't know. They have to wait for an answer from Fox News or some right-winger talking head.
I spend more time reading foreign news sites that give me news rather than US sites that are full of political bias.
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