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2014-04-22 Arabia

Death toll from U.S. drone strikes rises to 55 in Yemen

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Posted by Fred 2014-04-22 00:00|| || Front Page|| [6 views ] Top
File under: al-Qaeda in Arabia

#1 Seems like a good way to take care of a growing terrorist problem in Yemen. We don't need another Afghanistan and 911. However, I do not want to see our government decide that the ranchers in Nevada are terrorists (as per Harry Reid's latest blitherings) and turn the drones loose on them.

Posted by JohnQC 2014-04-22 07:52|| 2014-04-22 07:52|| Front Page Top

#2 Drones and Hellfire Missiles are an effective tool. But as we have seen in PAK and AFG, they simply do not close the deal. It takes brave infantrymen, ruthlessly tracking the terrorists down, killing them, burning and destroying their sanctuaries.

We're not talking some newly found military factum or a revelation of great strategic surprise. One cannot selectively weed a garden and hope for the best. People must be dealt with and removed from the land. And as in the Ukraine, [and California], new and more malleable subjects moved in to replace them.

Armed drones will not be used against Cliven Bundy. Lawfare accomplished the moving off of Bundy's 52 fellow ranchers. Lawfare will likely be used to move Bundy.

Posted by Besoeker 2014-04-22 08:27|| 2014-04-22 08:27|| Front Page Top

#3 Agreed, but some lizard part of me wants 100,000 thousand copies of the Naked Lunch dropped on these bastards.

O death where is thy sting? The man is never on time...
― William S. Burroughs, Naked Lunch

Posted by Shipman 2014-04-22 18:19|| 2014-04-22 18:19|| Front Page Top

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