Black activist Dr. Cornel West has always been a critic of the Obama administration, but now he’s ratcheting up his attacks in public — this time referring to the president as a "war criminal."

Speaking on Thursday’s Tavis Smiley Show, Dr. West criticized the White House’s policy of deploying drones to kill high-level terrorist leaders, saying "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," Dr. West proclaimed.

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