America Kills Taliban Leader, Taliban Vows to Punish Pakistan

[jordan179]

On November 1st, a US drone did the whole world (and especially Pakistan) a favor by blowing up Hakimullah Mehsud, the previous commander of the Taliban in Pakistan.  According to Dera Ismail Khan in "New Taliban Leader Vows Revenge Attacks in Pakistan" (Reuters), on November 8th, the newly-named leader of the Taliban in Pakistan, Mullah Fazlullah

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[sp23]

Frankly, we need to drone attack this bastard's ass ASAP, as I understand he's the coward who 'masterminded' the attack on Malala Yousafzai . The sooner he joins Mehsud as fertilizer, the better this world will be.

[jordan179]

One of the lovely things about drones is that their presence means that Terrorist leaders must live in the constant expectation of having their lives ended, even if they are in their own territory and surrounded by their own forces. This has to be disruptive both in the military sense and to their (already-tenuous) sanity.

[jordan179]

Unfortunately, drones also tend to kill innocent civilians, including women and children.

Is that an honest complaint, or are you actually unaware that our drone attacks have tended to kill less innocent civilians per enemy fatality than do most airstrikes?

I also can easily see the government using drones on our own citizens right here at home in the near future.

Yes, they might. Indeed, they almost certainly will: drone technology is bound to be applied to domestic security and law enforcement.

This will happen whether or not we use drones against our enemies abroad.

[jordan179]

Are you saying then that you find it perfectly fine to have innocent people being killed so long as it is not you or anyone in your circle of family and friends?

I accept the reality that in warfare innocents will get killed as part of the price of killing enemies. This has been the nature of war since it began, and as our drone campaign has been more humanitarian than have been most campaigns of strategic bombardment, I am actually proud of our record in that regard.

If we swear off all military campaigns which kill innocents, then we must perforce swear off warfare in general. Doing so would only yield the world to our foes, almost all of whom are far less humanitarian than are ourselves.

We should not even be in other countries, ...

Shall I take it that you disapprove of all foreign alliances, and all interventions to protect or avenge anyone save American citizens?

... no one has attacked the United States of America, unless of course you actually believe the "official" account of 9/11.Of course I believe that Al Qaeda

[xolo]

At least he's good at killing people with drones! :)

As badly as it galls me to have to praise Obama, he's doing a much better job of assassinating our enemies that W ever did.

[luagha]

Very little complaint from the press will help that out.

As for the drone killing program, well, I'd quote his own words and say, "You didn't build that." :)

:)

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