Why I view drones overhead as totally awful as boots on the ground:

[A Simple Game]

44. Yes I do remember 9/11, do you really want to use that as an example?

In an earlier post you mentioned Osama, do you know who created and funded Osama in Afghanistan in the first place? Another of our proud achievements. Most say our man Osama masterminded 9/11, are you still proud of our creation? A wake up call? Yes it was but unfortunately many didn't understand what they should wake up to and instead we maintained the status quo and even intensified it with two wars.

After 9/11 we then did a full blown invasion of Afghanistan to take out a training camp when 10 Apache helicopters would have done the job, another proud moment for you? In what has become our longest war in history what would you say we have won?

Fresh off of that proud moment we then invaded Iraq that had nothing to do with 9/11 but "had weapons of mass destruction" that they most certainly were going to use against us. Oh, and Saddam tried to kill the President's Daddy. Some of us remember that the weapons inspectors said there were no weapons. And the President's Daddy? He's still alive.

Now let's use that word perspective again. Depending upon your perspective, Iraq either had no weapons of mass destruction and we were lied to by our government, and Saddam and the inspectors were telling the truth, or there were weapons of mass destruction and our government was too incompetent to find them because Saddam was too smart for them. Which school of thought are you in?

I suppose you think the drones are winning us so many friends in Pakistan and other countries. Are all of the wedding parties we have bombed from drones happy for the free fireworks? Or doesn't it matter anyway because it could have been a gay wedding? Some targeting of terrorists that pose a threat. Do you know what a terrorist is? A terrorist is anyone that we have killed with a drone even the children, well at least the male children.

You seem to think drones save lives. It's as if the lives on our side are more valuable than the lives of innocents on the other side; just collateral damage aren't they? Not worth worrying about, it's not like mothers in those other countries love their children like we do. Compassion for people you don't even know is a waste of emotion isn't it?


Should I mention that we are now killing American citizens by drone without arrest or trial? Don't worry about his 16 year old son, he would have grown up to be a terrorist anyway. Another proud point in history.

Yup lots to be proud of, let's keep winning the hearts and minds of the rest of the world. When they start using drones in this country instead of swat teams, and don't ever doubt that they will not do it, we too will be able to admire and be proud of our drone use and not just waste it all on those foreigners. Not to mention keeping those swat team members out of harms way.