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Obama's Drone Wars and Bombing Yemen
from Depths of Self-Deception · #30
Audio-only archive episode — no video to seek.
5 minExtended discussion of Glenn Greenwald's argument that Obama's foreign policy (drone strikes, Yemen bombing, kill lists) was as predatory as Trump's, and skepticism about America's 'good guy' self-image.
- 41:52Obama won the Nobel Prize and then immediately started bombing Yemen with the UK and US arming Saudi Arabia.
- 42:16The CIA ran drone wars with extrajudicial kill lists, dropping roughly 25,000-26,000 bombs as a country last year.
- 42:48US foreign policy has been reckless at best, but the real word is predatory.
- 43:07The people who profited from Iraq and trillions in losses are doing great—they're actually fine.
- 43:57Trump won't just blow up Yemen like Obama did; he'll do both torture and extrajudicial killing.
- 44:25Trump's UN ambassador said they're taking names of who America's allies are and who aren't.
- 44:53If you want to defend America, call the FBI and tell them to stop bringing in the guys they're connected to.
- 45:09Every terrorist attack involves someone who's been investigated by the FBI multiple times beforehand.
- 45:24The FBI puts suspects in a program, gives them drugs, leaves them in a room with a bomb, and sees if they take it.
Donald TrumpBarack ObamaGlenn GreenwaldFBIforeign policyYemenIraq WarCIASaudi Arabia