President Obama Has Embraced The Drone Wars Against The Taliban

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Obama's Shadowy Drone War: Taking Out the Terrorists by Remote Control -- Spiegel Online

Under former US President George W. Bush, the CIA used dubious methods, including the kidnapping and torture of suspects. President Barack Obama promised to clean things up, but instead he has turned to joystick warfare. These days, the CIA does its killing with the press of a button, with high-tech drone aircraft.

He had stood in Hyde Park and had spoken of a new America, of a ruptured world that he intended to fix and unite. Then, two days after the election, when he was still at home in Chicago, Barack Obama was asked to attend a meeting in a downtown office. He was asked to come alone, without advisers, his wife or any other witnesses.

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My Comment: In all fairness, advances in technology under the Bush administration has given President Obama this military option to pursue his policy against Taliban/Al Qaeda sanctuaries in Pakistan. But will it be effective .... I have my doubts. But I must confess that for the past two years I have consistently been reading press releases/comments from Taliban commanders who regard U.S. drones as one of America's most feared tools against them.