Are the masters of "drone porn" committing war crimes by remote control? It's a bit shocking that more people aren't asking this question. I have a feeling that many of us, particularly liberal Obama supporters like myself, haven't wanted to look too closely at what is being done in our name, when these remote-controlled and often tragically inaccurate weapons of small-group slaughter incinerate innocents from the sky, in what are essentially video-game massacres in which real people die.

Thank you for the information your provide.Are the masters of "drone porn" committing war crimes by remote control? It's a bit shocking that more people aren't asking this question. I have a feeling that many of us, particularly liberal Obama supporters like myself, haven't wanted to look too closely at what is being done in our name, when these remote-controlled and often tragically inaccurate weapons of small-group slaughter incinerate innocents from the sky, in what are essentially video-game massacres in which real people die.

US addiction to Pakistan is worse than US addiction to drones.

US was forced to resort to the drone attacks because of its addiction to Pakistan where the roots of Afghan war safely reside.

Sooner or later US has to realize that its Afghan troubles are directly tied to Pakistan’s support and shelter of Afghan Taliban networks safely ensconced in Quetta and North Waziristan.

Sooner or later US has to question Pakistan’s bonafides about wanting to fight the scurge of terrorism haunting US Afghan mission.

Sooner or later US has to stop ignoring Afghan Taliban’s Pakistani connections in fueling and sustaining Afghan insurgency as reported by Matt Waldman in ‘The sun in the sky‘ on 6/13/2010, corroborated by WikiLeaks leaks on 7/25/2010 and then further corroborated by Chris Alexander, Canadian ambassador to Afghanistan from 2003 to 2005 and Deputy Special Representative of the UN Secretary-General for Afghanistan from 2005 until 2009 in his article on 7/30/2010 titled ‘The huge scale of Pakistan‘s complicity‘.

It is NO use keep giving billions of dollars to an ally who wants to keep playing the duplicitous game of running with the hares while hunting with the hounds.

Only way US can eradicate this terrorist threat emanating from Pakistan is to invade and occupy Pakistan for a sustained period of time (atleast five years) to wipe out the terrorist threat to US and the world, safely ensconced not just in tribal areas but in the entire state of Pakistan

And after ten long years of war in Afghanistan, with the American people tired of it, US has neither the desire nor the resources to do so.

With an ally like Pakistan, US Afghan mission was doomed to fail right from the beginning.

The border between Afghanistan and Pakistan means nothing to the rural people who live in the area.

Any Taliban killed will be replaced; even a senior Taliban is not a rocket scientist.

Drones are the technological successors of the V-1 ‘doodlebug’ launched by the Germans on London from 1944, and they bring fear that turns to hatred and defiance. I remember them. Nasty, dirty things. They do, however, foster solidarity.

American public seems to be largely unaware of the easy-going attitude of American establishment which causes death and destruction elsewhere. But those who know are ruthless critics….but will the establishment of the US care unless the people of Pakistan practically demonstrate how much they dislike foreign elements threatening their security, and these foreign element include not only Arab, Uzbek and African fighters, these also include Americans of the Black-water variety and those sitting in Washington DC ordering drone attacks. Read more at: http://fmeducation.blogspot.com/2010/10/killing-for-cause-or-in-sheer.html

This reminds me of the free-fire zones in Vietnam, where anyone killed was by definition a member of the Vietcong.

In the case of drone strikes in Pakistan (and elsewhere) there is zero accountability. Zero. We don't know how the targets are selected, we don't know who is carrying them out (except allusions to the CIA), and when we read news reports that 10 or 16 militants were killed, nobody really knows who was killed.

We have become the terrorists ourselves. If there is any doubt, engage in some reverse-think and try to imagine if the Chinese were using torture, assassination, and drone strikes in the US, in the quest to get Uighar terrorists, how we would react. As imperialists we don't even begin to think that way.

National security is threatened by drones and Cruise missiles, which have killed innocent civilians, because Muslims are retaliating. The Christmas bomber flew to Detroit from Yemen two weeks after a Cruise missile attack killed innocent civilians. The Times Square bomber specifically said that he was acting in retaliation for attacks by drones on innocent civilians in his native Pakistan. Yet the American media refuses to inform the public of the risks. How did I find out? Read the British media online!

The article heading is misleading. The point that is really being made is about the use of military ( offensive air power) in certain situations. Drones happen to be the most sensible and cost-effective means of doing this - encouraging their use in insurgency situations. It is a trite observation that military power alone cannot solve the problems of insurgency.
There is no doubt that the UAV is the best means of employing air power in irregular warfare. The addiction, if any, is on the side of the prohibitively expensive - in money and lives - manned fighter.

The title of the article is misleading. The point being made is really regarding the use of military means (offensive air power) in insurgency situations. And it is trite to say that military force alone will not solve insurgency problems.
The drone is by far the most cost-effective solution - in terms of money and lives - in irregular warfare. The addiction, if any, is on the side of the prohibitively expensive manned fighter.

big explosians are more likely to draw attention the handing out sandwiches.
the pakistanis are not much different then americans.