Yes.
Fighting a war as such is not a criminal act (according to international law). And we should also be fair in that Obama inherited most of his military conflicts. However, there are certain actions Obama could have refused to do - but did - that are very clearly illegal and also deeply immoral. The best example for this would be the drone war. Bush/Cheney already used drones but Obama increased the use dramatically (and so did Trump in turn). "Drone war" doesn't sound like much but when you REALLY think about it, it's absolutely dystopian and insane. There are unmanned robots from a foreign power flying over your country and one of them might kill you at any moment, any time. It is proven that drones have killed countless innocent civilians. Almost NINETY percent of all causalities from drone attacks are NOT terrorists or criminals. They are random men, women and children who were at the wrong place at the wrong time. There are even videos showing how US soldiers DELIBERATELY kill innocent civilians and laugh/joke around while doing so (so much to the myth of US soldiers being "heroes"...).
Another deeply immoral and illegal thing is of course the up keeping of Guantanamo Prison. Not only is the vast majority of inmates in Guantanamo innocent but they are being tortured on a regular basis. "Torture" is a word American politicians love to throw around to smear third-world countries and dictatorships, acting all smug in the process. Well, America has been doing exactly the same dirty thing for the past 17 years. Torture is very clearly illegal not only under international law but also under the US constitution, which prohibits "cruel and unusual punishment" (8th amendment). The people held in Guantanamo and other such prisons (Abu Ghraib for instance) have been tortured in numerous different ways, physical, mental and emotional. In some cases, prisoners' wives or children were killed in front of them. More recently, a technique called "anal feeding" has been applied. This is a type of torture where food is pumped up the prisoner's anus and intestines - leading to severe inner bleeding and excruciating pain. There is no other word for these actions than uncivilized and barbaric.
Obama and the Democratic Party had a supermajority for 2 years. They could have stopped these things but they didn't. This makes them guilty too.
So, in my opinion, ALL presidents since 9/11 - Bush, Obama and Trump are war criminals and should be tried as such.
Hmmm. . . your criticism seems as odds with the American criticism of Obama. He was soundly dismissed as a "dove" in American politics. He was accused of apologizing to the world on behalf of America.
So maybe your criticism of Obama while, factually correct on a couple of points, it really wouldn't even be considered in a debate here.. Obviously, as always, you make ridiculous claims that are totally untrue. Because you cite sources on the web that spread conspiracy theories, lies, and propaganda.
But here is a sample of what at least half the American public thought of Obama.
The conversation you want in America is impossible. The only conversation we can have is how much more can we bomb "brown" folks. That's it. And you might want to straighten out some things in your own house over there. UK's march to nationalism won't help your cause.
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Uh, just so you know, Obama didn't 'pretend to cry' because of school shootings. Also, if Obama goes to jail for this, then why didn't Nixon go to jail? Why is Trump not in jail? Why aren't the rest of them in jail? You have to look at this from all perspectives, my friend. Jail them all or save them all, your choice.
All presidents have done something crooked at some point while in the white house or even while a candidate trying to get into the white house
If Obama goes to jail, then so do all the rest of them. Welcome to government
If George Bush Who is a criminal. didn't. Barack Obama is safe
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u I think he is a hypocrite and a traitor to our country but I don't know whether his transgressions satisfy the definitions of any war crimes.
It' bad but there have been worse incidents.
I don't see the big deal over that whole OMG DAH PRESIDENT KILLED AN American CITIZEN WHO WAS IN YEMEN FIGHTING FOR THE TERRORISTS.
The Oath of Enlistment says that the military is supposed to fight all enemies foreign and domestic, surely being you know part of a group actively targeting Americans qualifies as an enemy
Lol yes, just like every other president before him... and Trump... Trump is a war criminal for insightomg racist, hate-backed crimes in America... For giving them a voice and the confidence to do that.
I don't have enough info to make an opinion, but I've followed the news a lot during Obama, Bush and a little of Clinton (I was a child then), but I have not heard this much outrage from news sources, so when are you getting your proof from? I would like to read it.
Yeah, but I mean don't just single out Obama, there are a lot of presidents and government officials who should probably be held to account for war crimes. Certainly bush before him
I heard this from somewhere else, I don't take credit for this.
"I believe every president should serve three terms.
Two in office and the third in prison!"
Most of the countries that your cartoons named -- like Afghanistan, Iraq and Yemen -- are ISIS / al-Qaeda strongholds. Others, like Syria and Congo, are in their own civil wars and civilians are being mass-murdered by the military.
I fail to see how he could be a war criminal for ordering military actions against militarized groups and countries, including ones that attack the country that he was elected to lead.
I'm not a lawyer, so I don't know of what he did was illegal. I do, however, believe that it should be.
American war crimes unfortunately would never be tried. As Noam Chomsky said ''If the Nuremberg laws were applied, then every post-war American president would have been hanged''. However I disagree with the post war presidents only, In the Philippines 1906, US soldiers massacred 1000 Filipino Moros. The Moro Crater Massacre.
I think so yes. His actions resulted in the deaths of dozens of innocent Americans. He should be tried for treason for Bengazi, and tried for the Fast and Furious scandal.
If Obama was a white Republican, there's no question he would be in jail
You can't really blame somebody about a war that was filed by the previous president. He was fish hooked into that
Won't happen since he was doing his "duty" as POTUS so the system will absolve him of responsibility under the pretense of manifest destiny. Stupid, I know, but that's the system.
If your gonna try Obama as a war criminal, might as well try the rest of congress.
Its America all of them were war criminals in a different form
There's so many things to criticize Obama for and you chose drone bombing of all things? If we have to double our bombing to keep the U. S. safe so be it.
I got triggered. Obama was a lovely man, how dare you 😥
I'm gonna get Hillary to delete your posts and smash your phone with a hammer.
We gonna have ourselves a hangin tonight boys hahahahahaha!!!
How dare you ask such a question about a noble peace winner
Before you solve real world problems please ask your self if you clean your room today? What is your score on Conscientiousness?
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