Ralph Nader Says Obama Is A 'War Criminal' Who Has Been 'More Aggressive' Than George W. Bush

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Ralph Nader  has called  whose military and foreign policies have been worse than that of his predecessor George W. Bush.

In an interview with Politico, the former presidential candidate and leftist political activist said that  compared to Bush's.

“He’s gone beyond George W. Bush in drones, for example. He thinks the world is his plate, that national sovereignties mean nothing, drones can go anywhere,” Nader told Politico.

But what seems to be even more lamentable to Nader is that Obama has been capable of so much more than he has managed to achieve.

" What expectation level did George W. Bush raise?… [Obama's] below average because he’s above average in his intellect and his knowledge of legality, which he is violating with abandon,” he said.

However, Nader -- who called the current Republican party the “the worst…in history” -- did say  in the presidential race.

This is not the first time that Nader has slammed Obama's military policies.

Last year, Nader said that many of Obama administration's military and intelligence directives, including the intervention in Libya, had  that would warrant impeachment, Salon notes.

"Why don’t we say what’s on the minds of many legal experts? That the Obama administration is committing war crimes and if Bush should have been impeached, Obama should be impeached," 

Nader may think Obama is the better choice in this election, but, in 2010, Nader had this to say about  (via The Hill): 

He has no fixed principles. He's opportunistic — he goes for expedience, like Clinton. Some call him temperamentally conflict-averse. If you want to be harsher, you say he has no principles and he's opportunistic.

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