The Pentagon said it would never deploy Predator or Reaper drones in the United States. Now USA Today reveals that they do, and have for years. But not to worry: now the Pentagon says they won’t be used to kill Americans the way they’re used in Somalia, Yemen and Pakistan.
How I Stopped Worrying and Learned to Love the Drone
Ted Rall
Ted Rall is a syndicated political cartoonist for Andrews McMeel Syndication and WhoWhatWhy.org and Counterpoint. He is a contributor to Centerclip and co-host of "The Final Countdown" talk show on Radio Sputnik. He is a graphic novelist and author of many books of art and prose, and an occasional war correspondent. He is, recently, the author of the graphic novel "2024: Revisited."
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«… now the Pentagon says they won’t be used to kill Americans the way they’re used in Somalia, Yemen and Pakistan.» But they didn’t say anything about using these drones the way they’ve been used in Afghanistan ? Talk about CYA !…
Henri
Back when we illegally assassinated UBL, I was surprised by the number of “liberals” (LINOs?) who cheered. I got into a number of arguments, and heard many times, “Well, it’s not like he’s killing Americans” (as if that made any difference whatsoever)
X months later, we heard about the illegal assassination of an American citizen: Anwar al-Awlaki along with his underage son. (son was collateral damage, so of course that doesn’t count)
Okay, so it’s not like they’re killing Americans on American soil. On Tuesday. Before lunch. That we know of…