CIA backed by military drones in Pakistan

CIA backed by military drones in Pakistan

My Thought: We will declare overt actions in Pakistan within 1 year.

AFP: Afghan violence kills 13 civilians

AFP: Afghan violence kills 13 civilians

It's sad...these stories pop up all the time in my looking for interesting articles and they don't even phase me one bit. I'm not sure how the rest of the news-reading public is, but I'm so anesthetized to civilian loss of life when I know I shouldn't be. Damn the media. I wonder how the families and relatives are compensated, but more so, how this affects us in the long run.

Terror plot in Europe prompted drone strikes - Yahoo! News

Terror plot in Europe prompted drone strikes - Yahoo! News

Why are they releasing details? Shore up support of the public? Naming Ahmed Siddiqui as the informant?

"I want Americans to know how focused we all are in the government and how committed we are not only in protecting our own country but in protecting our friends and allies."

Seems as if the rest of the world doesn't understand how we operate. If this is the idea, then I say release a little more when we can. Good PR goes a long way.

"Despite the beefed up security presence at tourist sites in London and other European capitals on Wednesday, most visitors took the news in stride and went on with their sightseeing."

My only concern is that people do not get too comfortable with the idea.

Taliban 'seize' camera from drone

Taliban 'seize' camera from drone

Hopefully, if it doesn't make it to a major state power, this will be far too advanced to be used in any term.

Iran’s President Unveils New Long-Range Drone Aircraft - NYTimes.com

Iran’s President Unveils New Long-Range Drone Aircraft - NYTimes.com

The most shocking thing about these articles, to me at least, is how fast Iranian technology has come. They can not have done it by themselves, and we know China and Russia back them, but that gets me thinking...who else do they fund collaboratively.

I can see both countries doing this in multiple countries, causing multiple areas for the US to have to spend money and "save", all the while screwing up the local power balance and in the end, screwing everyone over.

Just a thought.

PERSPECTIVE: TWO CHEERS FOR LETHAL OPERATIONS

PERSPECTIVE: TWO CHEERS FOR LETHAL OPERATIONS