The End of Empathy
Stephanie Wittels Wachs
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I’m feeling empathy for all of the innocent children (and adults) who have been murdered by Obama’s criminal drone bombings in the past 8 years. How about you?

“The Bureau of Investigative Journalism in Britain has estimated that, in the first three years after President Obama took office, between 282 and 535 civilians were credibly reported killed by drone strikes — including more than 60 children.”

http://droneswatch.org/2013/01/20/list-of-children-killed-by-drone-strikes-in-pakistan-and-yemen/

http://www.democracynow.org/2013/1/22/dirty_wars_jeremy_scahill_and_rick

“We’re looking right now at a reality that President Obama has essentially extended the very [drone war] policies that many of his supporters once opposed under President Bush,” says Scahill.”

Obama to boost US military in Iraq

http://www.stripes.com/news/middle-east/in-reversal-obama-says-he-will-boost-us-military-support-in-iraq-1.250643

Obama Has Bombed Twice as Many Countries as Bush

http://alibertarianfuture.com/big-government/war-big-government/obama-bombed-twice-many-countries-bush/#sthash.M4GXI4L3.dpbs

To Defend Iran Deal, Obama Boasts that He’s Bombed Seven Countries

https://firstlook.org/theintercept/2015/08/06/obama-summarizes-record/
 
 Nearly 90 Percent Of People Killed In Recent Drone Strikes Were Not The Target
 http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/civilian-deaths-drone-strikes_561fafe2e4b028dd7ea6c4ff
 
 U.S. Dropped 23,144 Bombs on Muslim-Majority Countries in 2015
 http://www.alternet.org/news-amp-politics/us-dropped-23144-bombs-muslim-majority-countries-2015

U.S. Airstrikes in Afghanistan Are Killing Civilians at Greatest Rate in Seven Years
 
http://www.newsweek.com/us-airstrikes-afghanistan-killing-civilians-427877

Are Obama’s Record Arms Sales to Saudi Arabia, Yemen, Egypt and Iraq Fueling Unrest in Middle East?
 http://www.democracynow.org/2015/4/7/are_obamas_record_arms_sales_to
 
 “We are joined by William Hartung, who says that even after adjusting for inflation, “the volume of major deals concluded by the Obama administration in its first five years exceeds the amount approved by the Bush administration in its full eight years in office by nearly $30 billion. That also means that the Obama administration has approved more arms sales than any U.S. administration since World War II.”

US Airstrikes Kill 150 People in Somalia
 
http://www.telesurtv.net/english/news/US-Drone-Strike-Kills-150-People-in-Somalia-20160307-0028.html

Former Drone Operators Say They Were “Horrified” By Cruelty of Assassination Program

https://theintercept.com/2015/11/19/former-drone-operators-say-they-were-horrified-by-cruelty-of-assassination-program/