Drones And Their Use In Counterterrorism
http://thedianerehmshow.org/shows/2013-02-07/drones-and-their-use-counterterrorism
A major architect of U.S. drone policy, John Brennan, will appear today before the Senate as President Obama's nominee to be CIA director. Last night the White House ordered the release of classified drone documents to lawmakers. The Obama administration has increasingly relied on predator drones to fight terrorism. A number of high-level terrorists has been killed by drone strikes. Supporters of U.S. drone policy say it's effective, less costly and will remain a major tool in warfare. But human rights activists and other critics say civilian casualties are still too high, the program lacks transparency and the U.S. might be setting precedents it will come to regret. Guest host Tom Gjelten talks with a panel of experts about drones and counterterrorism.
Guests
Lawrence Korb
senior fellow at the Center for American Progress and former assistant secretary of defense in the Reagan administration.
Christopher Swift
adjunct professor of National Security Studies at Georgetown University; a fellow at the University of Virginia’s Center for National Security Law.
C. Dixon Osburn
director of law and security at Human Rights First.
Peter Bergen
CNN's national security analyst; director of national security studies at the New America Foundation; author of "Manhunt: The Ten-Year Search for bin Laden - From 9/11 to Abbottabad."
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I agree with you. Totally. I just think you understate the problem. It is not just the fascist sherrifs in Arizona we need to worry about. There are plenty of liberals who are now seeing the world through different eyes.
Remember 2008 and Obama preaching and apologizing to that crown in Berlin? Remember how on his Day One he said he close Gitmo?
Technology tends to seduce us all. The drones are remarkable. In World War II, something like 2/3 of British bombs dropped more that 5 miles off target. That the exact number, but it was awful. Awful. And those bombs, to do anything, needed to land within 50-100 feet.
Now, with a drone, you can put a small, but properly effective, charge within a few feet of the target. It's not better. It's a revolution.