Obama’s Recent Lie About Violence

Obama's Recent Lie About Violence
Posted by Michael S. Rozeff on February 2, 2011 06:58 PM

Obama has increased the killing and maiming of civilians in Afghanistan since he took office. The weapon of choice is the drone aircraft:



I quote one article: "Civilians in Pakistan have been the main victims of the deadly drone attacks as184 people were killed and hundreds injured in a barrage of U.S. drone strikes in Pakistan in 2010.

"The U.S. carried out 117 attacks inside Pakistan in 2010, more than double the number of strikes that occurred in 2009, The Long War Journal reported."

Obama lies, as is the custom of government officials, when he says concerning Egypt: "First, we oppose violence." He has no generalized antipathy to violence. He will use it where it suits him, and not where it doesn't. Has he stood down on the War on Drugs? Nope. He does not stand for legalizing drugs. He has been willing to continue using violence against drug users, even as he talked about prevention. Obama talks out of both sides of his mouth. In that respect, he stands no higher or lower than other government officials.