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      The war on terror is estimated to have killed a little under 5 million, and it’s not the only evil murderous thing Obama has done or furthered, so arguably he has killed millions, though I’d need to see a good argument for it before I accept it as anything other than a meme.

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          Obama’s role in the war on terror is a lot bigger than just his drone policy, but it’s also unclear how many human lives his decision to, say, continue the war in Afghanistan and drag his feet on Iraqi withdrawal cost, so like I said I’d need to see a good argument before I took a serious position on this. To be clear, though, we’re still talking hundreds of thousands minimum here due to his role in the Yemeni and Libyan civil wars.

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        The war on terror was Bush’s legacy. Wild to see people putting this shit entirely on Obama.

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              You literally put the war on terror entirely on Obama

              I… I literally didn’t. Obama played a big part in the war on terror (having, you know, run it for eight years), so he gets a share of the 5 million dead and 40 million displaced, but how much that share is is very debatable.

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                7 hours ago

                You literally did though:

                The war on terror is estimated to have killed a little under 5 million, and it’s not the only evil murderous thing Obama has done or furthered, so arguably he has killed million

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                  Keyword here is “furthered.” With context it should be pretty obvious that I did not in fact mean what you insist I meant.