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February 17, 2010

Death from Above: A Politically Correct Method of Assassination

Why doesn't America use skilled humans like the supposed Israeli hit team?
For two reasons: somehow, for causes social scientists have yet to explain, using people to kill people creates a public revulsion but blowing them up from a robot circling tens of thousands of feet above is politically acceptable. The second reason for not sending men after men is that the public has a similar revulsion to taking prisoners of whom you demand questions. The prisoners themselves may sue you for failing to Mirandize them. Three Navy SEALS are facing court martial for striking a member of al-Qaeda and cutting his lip. Blowing him to smithreens from above would have been less controversial and so things are done that way. The Alameda County Progressive Examiner say President Obama has ordered more drone hits since taking office than President Bush did in three years. -- Belmont Club サ Different strokes

Posted by Vanderleun at February 17, 2010 1:32 PM. This is an entry on the sideblog of American Digest: Check it out.

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Not an Israeli job. They would not send 11 guys to do a job that one man should do.

Posted by: Fat Man at February 17, 2010 10:08 PM

And just wait till they start dropping hellfires on those dangerous Tea Party people and those domestic terrorists who actual support and believe in the Constitution. Or perhaps an outright microwaving with their fancy new area denial system.....did you know that prolonged exposure boils the eyes? Oh, hell where is my tin foil hat?

Posted by: One Random Guy at February 18, 2010 2:39 PM

Fortunately in America, eye boilers don't yet out-range boat tail .308s, and hellfire death from above is subject to death from Joe next door.

Until Uncle Sugar inc. finally pisses away the last vestiges of it's legitimacy, cast ballots are more useful than cast bullets.

Posted by: monkeyfan at February 19, 2010 4:19 AM

The current administration can order more drone hits, on both sides of the Afghan-Pakistani border, than the Bush administration because the Left won't constantly be in the news criticizing them for doing so. Or trying to drag the administration into court to stop the "terrible" acts. Or have the UN, EU or whatever condemn the lack of respect for international borders. And the Republicans (being generally in favor of hostile action against bad guys), won’t complain, unlike the Dems when they were in the minority (and seeing constant criticism as a means to the end of taking the house, the senate and the white house).

Posted by: Unsupervised at February 20, 2010 10:23 AM

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