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Published on Friday, October 23, 2009 by The Rachel Maddow Show
The Drone War: Our Not So Secret War Against Pakistan
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Show All15 misses? No 15 hits on innocent civilians, many people died with each strike. As the USA general said drones have a 90% civilian kill rate. This is Obama's civilian kill rate( I know Bush is making Obama doing it, Obama's just a cork on the sea).
Possibily will have negative repercussions? No are having negative repercussions.
Maddow toned down the criminal nature of the drones.
The war in Pakistan is only a secret to those who walk around with their eyes and ears wide shut.
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US Drone Attacks in Pakistan Rise Dramatically under Obama
Investigative reporter Jane Mayer of The New Yorker magazine reveals the number of US drone strikes in Pakistan has risen dramatically since President Obama took office. During his first nine-and-a-half months in office, Obama authorized as many CIA aerial attacks in Pakistan as President Bush did in his final three years in office. At any time, the CIA now has multiple drones flying over Pakistan, scouting for targets. Mayer writes, “there is no longer any doubt that targeted killing has become official US policy.” David Kilcullen, a former adviser to General Petreaus, says that the propaganda costs of drone attacks on civilians have been disastrously high. He recently wrote, “Every one of these dead non-combatants represents an alienated family, a new revenge feud, and more recruits for a militant movement that has grown exponentially even as drone strikes have increased.”
http://www.democracynow.org/2009/10/19/headlines#3
What we don't hear, or at least I have not satisfactorily heard is why? Exactly what, in some justifiable detail on both pro and con sides, are the arguments to be made? A lot of people are dying, and a lot of enemies are coming into being. Indiscriminate killing is a very serious subject, both from a moral and practical POV. Enlightment, anyone????