U.S. drone policies a ‘slippery slope’ for continuous wars, report finds
Source: Washington Post
Targeted drone strikes have become a centerpiece of the Obama administrations counterterrorism policy, but a new report issued by a bipartisan panel of former intelligence and defense officials has concluded the approach constitutes a slippery slope toward a state of never-ending war.
The 81-page report, released by the Stimson Center on Thursday, also points to the fact that the Obama administration has yet to conduct any strategic analysis on the cost-benefit of continued drone strikes in places such as Yemen and Pakistan.
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While the report is mostly critical of the Obama admirations drone strategy, it also goes on to dispel some of the myths surrounding the use of drones. The report notes that drones are no cheaper than manned aircraft and do not cause the high number of civilian casualties that some have alleged.
Read more: http://www.washingtonpost.com/news/checkpoint/wp/2014/06/26/u-s-drone-policies-a-slippery-slope-for-continuous-wars-report-finds/
Kelvin Mace
(17,469 posts)because we have the bottomless maw of the military-industrial complex to feed.
BadgerKid
(4,561 posts)To a first approximation, aren't we already there?
Brynn.Frost
(2 posts)Why not, if you've got the brain to operate one, the cash to afford one & the good intentions to use it for fun, work or boosting Americans freedom in some way-why not? what is the government so afraid of. I don't even know my country anymore. What can we do? every significant freedom right we "discover" civilians can use, we start using it only to have the obamas of the world take it away... shameful
arcane1
(38,613 posts)And what freedom are you talking about?
DeSwiss
(27,137 posts)...is another man's business model.
- And in this business model, continuous war is the corporate mission statement.
K&R
discntnt_irny_srcsm
(18,483 posts)...the primary reason to avoid it vanishes.
"It is well that war is so terrible, or we should grow too fond of it." - Robert E. Lee