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Bonobo

(29,257 posts)
Thu Jan 3, 2013, 08:57 PM Jan 2013

Drone Stream: 2 Questions

You all know about this?
https://twitter.com/Dronestream
NYU student Josh Begley launched a Twitter feed documenting ten years of U.S. drone strikes under the handle @dronestream to inform people about its use in warfare.

My questions:

1. Is anyone using this feed to compile a full list? Josh is so far only into 2010. The strikes accelerate so much and there are just so many that I literally cannot copy and paste all of them because it would take too much memory (with the Twitter photos, etc.). When you see how many strikes there have been, it is sick-making -like a gut punch.

2. Why have I not seen more of this talked about here on DU? Is it because this guy Josh is a Paulite? Does that really matter? WTF has happened to us since Bush left office????

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limpyhobbler

(8,244 posts)
1. There was a poster here who used to post drone stuff all the time.
Thu Jan 3, 2013, 09:01 PM
Jan 2013

Drone talk seemed to stop during campaign season.

 

jody

(26,624 posts)
2. Drone strikes and Obama's secret 'kill list' are inseparable. Rules of Engagement are difficult to
Thu Jan 3, 2013, 09:06 PM
Jan 2013

confirm but speculations are that anyone who appears to be a male old enough to be a terrorist is approved as a target, even two-legged dogs.

Each time a drone kills a target and all the collateral damage in the area, we've made another step in our strategy of winning the hearts and minds of the indigenous population.

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