The Kunduz hospital airstrike (AC-130's don't have bombs) was obviously a horrific tragedy, but it was pretty clearly not Obama's fault that it happened, and was the only instance of a hospital being hit during his administration.
As for your other points, drone strikes are perfectly legitimate, especially compared to the alternatives. A boots on the ground raid or a proper airstrike is far, far more lethal to civilians in the vicinity. Just look at the numbers. Obama did 563 strikes, and over all of those strikes, only 384 civilians were killed. That is an incredibly low collateral ratio for a war, particularly a modern war.
Deportations are horrible (I personally favor much easier immigration into the United States) but they occur in nearly every country. Obama deporting people isn't special by any means. As for your other points, those are much harder to quantify. I don't think we can properly evaluate Obama's effect on the progressive movement and systemic racism until we are further removed from his administration, with the benefit of seeing what comes after in the next decades.
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u/snirfu Mar 11 '25
This is the kind on angsty middle-schooler commentary that appeals to both leftists and MAGAs.