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Luminous Animal

(27,310 posts) Mon Jan 2, 2012, 05:09 AM Jan 2012

Unaccountable Killing Machines: The True Cost of U.S. Drones [View all]

http://www.theatlantic.com/international/archive/2011/12/unaccountable-killing-machines-the-true-cost-of-us-drones/250661/

It's all good though! Obama made a joke about killing people with them!

"In other words, Jaffe is describing a system in which a decentralized apparatus carries out summary executions of people we're assured are bad and who are sometimes U.S. citizens, and the president knows about this but chooses not to exercise oversight or control of the process."

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Unaccountable Killing Machines: The True Cost of U.S. Drones [View all] Luminous Animal Jan 2012 OP

Fasinating article. may I suggest to the author a small edit to the 2nd to last paragraph: Devil_Fish Jan 2012 #1

Ah yes. That is a good suggestion. Luminous Animal Jan 2012 #5

Really good article SixthSense Jan 2012 #2

k and r nashville_brook Jan 2012 #3

An opinion piece quaker bill Jan 2012 #4

Are we at war with Pakistan and Yemen? Luminous Animal Jan 2012 #6

Aren't we using weapons to kill people there? quaker bill Jan 2012 #7

Sorry I read your original post too quickly and overlooked your point.. Luminous Animal Jan 2012 #10

I agree with you, if you have cause to go after someone, they should get a jury trial. joshcryer Jan 2012 #14

Boots on the ground "got Bin Laden," with no lives lost. joshcryer Jan 2012 #13

Using that one operation as a model quaker bill Jan 2012 #15

Yeah, you're right, but I don't think it's not workable completely. Just not viable, imho. joshcryer Jan 2012 #16

I am not taken with death penalty trials for anyone quaker bill Jan 2012 #17

Obama has it right. Give firm instructions then put mission execution in the bluestate10 Jan 2012 #8

How do these "incidents" not qualifyas summary extra-legal executions? gratuitous Jan 2012 #9

K&R (nt) T S Justly Jan 2012 #11

Google "targeted killing," the US has determined that it's perfectly legal. joshcryer Jan 2012 #12