Johann Hari: Obama's robot wars endanger us all
David Kilcullen is a counterinsurgency expert who worked for General Petraeus in Iraq and now advises the State Department. He has shown that two percent of the people killed by the robot-planes in Pakistan are jihadis. The remaining 98 percent are as innocent as the victims of 9/11. He says: "It's not moral." And it gets worse: "Every one of these dead non-combatants represents an alienated family, a new revenge feud, and more recruits for a militant ... Full Story »
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John Louden – Oct. 17, 2010 - 09:59 AM
This is more than ‘opinion’ — experts are cited and the evidence is there to be examined. The logic expressed in this piece is irrefuteable. Chilling.