Today\’s quote comes to us from Mr. Raynard Jackson, President & CEO of his own Washington DC-based public relations/government affairs firm.
Here, from Mr. Jackson\’s latest article for the New Pittsburgh Courier, is his very interesting comparison between President Obama and former President Bush, on the use of deadly military force:
“Accordingto the London based Bureau of Investigative Journalism (BIJ), \’Sincebecoming president in 2009, Obama has launched over 330 drone attacksin Pakistan alone; Bush only launched 51 in four years.\’ When youadd in Yemen and Somalia, according to this same report, the totaljumps to 390 drone attacks and have killed more than 2,400 people(273 of whom were innocent civilians).
“ManyDemocrats called for Bush to be tried as a murderer and a warcriminal. So what does that make Obama?”
I grant you that the drone comparison is not a great one, because drone technology during the Bush years was dramatically less advanced than it is now.
But that does not change the fact that President Obama, with all his braggadocio about removing our troops, has ordered the killing of thousands of people, including hundreds of civilians. And he has done so entirely on his own, without authorization from the congress – which Bush never did.
Raynard Jackson asks why, then, Bush was a horrific war criminal to the same people who are giving Obama a free pass.
It is one hell of a good question. Good enough to garner Mr. Jackson Quote Of The Day honors.
I think I will be reading his commentaries more often.
