And since most of the countries in which we use drones are too poor or fragmented or afraid to retaliate as a unified body, terrorists do…yes, the very threat the the drone program seeks to remove actually advances it. Who would have thought that violence begets violence?
The worst part, of course, is getting so used to the pressure pushing us down that we forget it exists.
Don’t worry guys, I’m sure they’d look out for us if they could see us.
These days it’s more reasonable to believe in Santa Claus than it is in a politician acting on public interest alone.
In case you’ve missed it, war hawks are aching to fly again–this time to Damascus (final stop: Tehran). While British parliament has said no to intervening, a majority of American people have said “pass”, and the UN Security Council will likely put a kibosh on the question of intervention, it would appear that the Obama administration is on the cusp of saying yes. The implications of that decision are as vast as they are severe, so when words fail…at least we have images.
