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Two things:
The first has unfortunately been harped on many times. Obama adopted the Afghanistan/Pakistan situation from Bush. If resources stayed in those two countries instead of fighting a second war in Iraq at the same time, the Taliban would never have advanced so far into Pakistan. Our intelligence resources have been split between the two countries as opposed to being able to focus on one target.
Second, and this had two parts. First part: The Taliban create the civilian casualties. A report that came out yesterday estimated the Taliban utilizing up to 40,000 people as human shields - living amongst them, in civilian homes. Civilian casualties are going to happen. Second part: It has always been my opinion that the "civilian casualty" reports have been skewed. We bomb a house of a known leader, confirm his dead, yet the news focuses on the fact we killed his kid and wife. Sorry, but family living with Taliban leaders are fair game as well.
Killer: Maybe. He's the final say when it comes to calling in the drones. He also gave authorization to shoot those pirates. I think this is good. Contradicts the critics that still try and say he doesn't have any balls. If he has *credible* evidence of Taliban in a location, then bombs away.
War Criminal: Not a chance. He has done the exact opposite of ordering torture on prisoners.
Warmonger: Let's wait and see if he invades a couple of countries before making a final decision on this one.
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