U.S. senators (McCain & Lieberman) laud use of drones against suspected militants

[sabra]

Source: CNN

Kabul, Afghanistan (CNN) -- Missiles shot from pilotless planes are an effective tool against suspected militants, two U.S. senators said Thursday.

"The drone strikes are part of an overall set of tactics which make up the strategy for victory," said Arizona Republican John McCain. "They have been very effective, and they have knocked al Qaeda and other Islamic extremist organizations off balance."

Sen. Joe Lieberman, an independent from Connecticut, said the drones were "a critical element of our effort, our campaign, our strategy to deny the terrorists who are terrorizing the people of Afghanistan and Pakistan a safe haven from which to strike them and us in the United States."

The senators made their comments during a congressional visit that took them to Iraq and Afghanistan. Next on their itinerary is Pakistan.

Read more: http://www.cnn.com/2010/POLITICS/01/07/afghanistan.senators.drones/index.html

[Greenpeach]

1. Uh, Yeyah...

"Bomb, bomb, bomb" The more killing, the better they like it.

[winyanstaz]

2. K & R...and never mind those baby brains on the wall......

Oh sure..so we blow up a few dozen innocent civilians every time.
Sure we have maybe blown a few grandparents guts out or spattered moms and dads in tiny pieces across the tundra....but hey..it's worth it. After all, a lot of Senators have stock in those war machines so it's all good.
Anyway..they are just people with brown skin so it doesn't count.
We can just keep making up reasons to be afraid of these people half a world away and no one will stop us.
We don't even have to call it mass murder or a war crime..we can give it a cozy name like "collateral damage" and no one will care enough to get out from behind their computers to make a change.
Especially if we keep drugging their drinking water with fluoride.
Sheesh! We are keeping them thar stupid sheeple docile and obese here at home with the main ingredient in rat poison and they don't even have the brains or will power to stop that.

[Randall Flagg]

3. I wish they would get stuck in Northern Pakistan

And get to see all the "collateral damage" up close and personal. They would either change their tunes or ask for more money from their defense contractor bosses.

[babydollhead]

4. what's the sound of ass clapping?

[L0oniX]

5. March them fucks to the front lines.

[Piewhacket]

6. Govt bombing attacks on civilian targets made without advance warning are criminal.

[Bragi]

7. He speaks of "victory". How quaint. /nt

[pjt7]

8. We are LOSING in Afghan because of the deaths of civilans

let's get real senators.depends

[Flaneur]

9. Lieberman needs to be riding one of his beloved drones.

[classysassy]

10. John and Joe

how many troop did they use to protect those two a-holes.?