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George Washington did not want to have political parties. He thought they would become divisive and corrupt and fail to
represent the will of the people. Well, that was before BIG MEDIA got involved. Owned by massive conglomerates, the
"news" is no longer objective and in-depth, but carries out the
message of its biggest owners.

The environment and the economic welfare of the American
people is in dire jeopardy, yet squabbling on one side and
cowardice on the other, have created leadership that will not
take a moral stand.

I hope to change all that. I encourage every ordinary, sensible,
thoughtful person to run for office- local, PTO, state level- it doesn't matter. Petitions won't create change. Demonstrations will be censored by the mainstream media. LET US IN!

Tuesday, November 29, 2011

Where are the rules for Drone Warfare?

Unmanned aerial vehicles, like this Predator (shown here in 2009 during training at Creech Air Force Base in Indian Springs, Nev.), make up the fastest growing segment of the U.S. Air Force.
View caption Ethan Miller/Getty Images--from NPR News

Drone Pilots: The Future Of Aerial Warfare

(25)  (2) The U.S. Air Force says it will train more drone pilots in 2011 than fighter and bomber pilots combined. The distance between the pilot and the remotely controlled vehicle he flies is redefining what it means to be a pilot, and creating some friction within the Air Force.

From Alice: Drone use is sensible in one way. In another, it is a moral disaster? Why cannot the US ever see that we might be wrong? Or debate the long-term implications on "collateral damage?" That's the disgusting term used by the military ("acceptable loss of life" is the State Department euphemism)
for mistaking targets at fifteen miles in the air. What if Pakistan cashes in all its small arms and decides to buy drones? In Pakistan we created a formidable nuclear enemy. Aerial warfare was a total failure in creating peace in the Balkans in 1999, a hotspot that we continue to ignore as the EURO idea collapses.
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