Cornel West: Obama a 'war criminal'

Professor Cornel West continues to be an outspoken critic of Barack Obama, this time likening the president to a “war criminal.”

During the “Smiley & West” radio program, West took on the administration’s drone policy and said, “The chickens are coming home to roost.”


“We’ve been talking about this for a good while, the immorality of drones, dropping bombs on innocent people. It’s been over 200 children so far. These are war crimes.”

West said, “Let us not be deceived — Nixon, Bush, Obama, they’re war criminals,” adding that “They have killed innocent people in the name of the struggle for freedom, but they’re suspending the law, very much like Wall Street criminals. The law is suspended for them, but the law applies for the rest of us.”

In the past, West has said of Obama: “ I don’t think he’s a messiah or even a very progressive politician.” And: “ I think brother Barack was just completely mesmerized by the acceptance of the establishment.”