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So yes, the conflict with al Qaeda, like all armed conflict, invites tragedy. But by narrowly targeting our action against those who want to kill us (with drones), and not the people they hide among, we are choosing the course of action least likely to result in the loss of innocent life.
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It’s scary, but what’s the difference whether the drone is up in the air or on the building…I mean intellectually I’d have trouble making a distinction. And you know, you’re gonna have face-recognition software. People are working on that. … You can’t keep the tides from coming in. We’re gonna have more visibility and less privacy. I don’t see how you stop that.
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Skygall: Jon Stewart rips in Obama’s hypocrisy and secrecy on drones: only transparent about last guy’s secrets
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Drone strikes: Where are Obama’s tears for those child victims?
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Pakistani politician Imran Kahn, a vocal critic of U.S. drone strikes, was briefly delayed and questioned by U.S. immigration officials in Toronto before being allowed to board a flight to New York, prompting his party to demand an apology from Washington.
Khan told his followers on Twitter that he was detained and interrogated Friday about his views on drones.
READ ON: U.S. officials pull Pakistani politician off plane -
CNN’s Bogus Drone-Deaths Graphic
A column claims that zero innocents have been killed during strikes inside Pakistan this year — information neither CNN nor anyone else can verify.
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Sure, we as a nation have always killed people. A lot of people. But no president has ever waged war by killing enemies one by one, targeting them individually for execution, wherever they are. The Obama administration has taken pains to tell us, over and over again, that they are careful, scrupulous of our laws, and determined to avoid the loss of collateral, innocent lives. They’re careful because when it comes to waging war on individuals, the distinction between war and murder becomes a fine one. Especially when, on occasion, the individuals we target are Americans and when, in one instance, the collateral damage was an American boy.
Tom Junod, The lethal presidency of Barack Obama -
What does the future of war look like? I spoke to former deputy secretary of state James Steinberg to find out.
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