When he was in office, former President Barack Obama earned the ire of anti-war activists for his expansion of Bush’s drone wars. The Nobel Peace Prize-winning head of state ordered ten times more drone strikes than the previous president, and estimates late in Obama’s presidency showed 49 out of 50 victims were civilians. In 2015, it was reported
U.S. Drone Strikes Have Gone Up 432% Since Trump Took Office
The Trump administration has provided little acknowledgment of the human toll these strikes are taking.
By Carey Wedler
