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1. Erik Uden :verified: (erik@social.uden.ai)'s status on Monday, 19-Jun-2023 13:41:19 JST Erik Uden :verified:

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   He is straight up a war criminal

   Human Rights Watch: https://www.hrw.org/news/2017/01/09/barack-obamas-shaky-legacy-human-rights

   The Guardian:
   https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2013/nov/05/obama-administration-drone-strikes-war-crimes

   Harvard Politics:
   https://harvardpolitics.com/obama-war-criminal/

   Huffpost:
   https://www.huffpost.com/entry/obama-adminstration-guilt_b_8916380

   Foreign Policy:
   https://foreignpolicy.com/2015/10/15/u-s-support-for-saudi-strikes-in-yemen-raises-war-crime-concerns/

   Los Angeles Times:
   https://www.latimes.com/world/middleeast/la-fg-airstrikes-wedding-yemen-20150928-story.html

   By definition a war criminal:
   These drone strikes make a strong case for categorizing Obama as an international war criminal. The 1949 Geneva Conventions, ratified by the United Nations, explicitly provides protections for not only the wounded, but also for medical and religious personnel, medical units, and medical transports. Article 8 of the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court states that “Intentionally directing attacks against personnel, installations, material, units or vehicles involved in a humanitarian assistance or peacekeeping mission in accordance with the Charter of the United Nations” is classified as a war crime. The law also states “intentionally launching an attack in the knowledge that such attack will cause incidental loss of life or injury to civilians” also constitutes war crimes for the guilty party. Through the drone strike program and double-tap attacks, there is no question that former President Obama and his administration violated international humanitarian law.

   I made this point back in February already:
   https://social.uden.ai/@Erik/posts/ASDewSFLu53pYKEVFI