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user-inactivated  ·  4074 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: The problem with the drone war that no one’s talking about

people talk about this all the time





mk  ·  4074 days ago  ·  link  ·  

I agree it is a poor title. However, IMO the issue isn't so much the talk about it, but the impotence of the scrutiny. It's akin to the what followed the financial crisis. Even when culpability can be established, the political arena has created a firewall around the actors.

As an example, today the SCOTUS made it more difficult to take the US government to task for secret surveillance.

We have a long tradition of practicing exceptionalism overseas, but now we are applying exceptionalism at home.

NotPhil  ·  4074 days ago  ·  link  ·  

To be fair though, the author doesn't get to pick the title. Foreign Policy, where the essay originally appeared, titled it "Hate Obama's Drone War?"

user92  ·  4074 days ago  ·  link  ·  

Yeah, they seriously do. I voted this up clockwisedotted this solely for the article and not this title.

user-inactivated  ·  4074 days ago  ·  link  ·  

we don't use upvotes here, this is hubski. say clockwisedot please

user92  ·  4074 days ago  ·  link  ·  

I couldn't figure out what else to call it. But 'clockwisedot', seriously?

user-inactivated  ·  4074 days ago  ·  link  ·  

it's the official term as dictated by our benevolent leader mk.

mk  ·  4074 days ago  ·  link  ·  

We have been testing 'righty-tighty'.

user92  ·  4073 days ago  ·  link  ·  

I can get behind that.