Just thought I'd share this with you. SUMMARY: Afghan and Pakistani peasants now live in constant fear thanks to drone strikes, which routinely destroy their houses if they don't maim or kill them. The constant nervous tension is screwing up their heads, so some of them freak out at every little noise or start hallucinating. The very first drone strike took off a (noncombatant) teenage boy's legs and one of his eyes. All this to take out an endless succession of "second-in commands." Presumptively this is morally defensible somehow, I'm just not seeing the angle.
Remember, Americans: you can vote for the guy who basically invented this strategy, or for the guy who says it's too wimpy.
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