A Predator drone sits at the Kandahar air base in southern Afghanistan ub 2009. A Predator drone fired the missile that killed a Marine and a Navy medic in Helmand province last week, according to two Pentagon officials (Rick Loomis / Los Angeles)
New Republic: Drone War Reaching A Tipping Point -- James Joyner, NPR
In a speech April 30 at the Woodrow Wilson Center in Washington, John Brennan, President Obama's counter-terrorism advisor, made a forthright defense of the drone war currently being conducted against Islamic militants in Pakistan, Yemen, and Somalia. "As a result of our efforts," he declared, "the United States is more secure and the American people are safer." Brennan's argument deserves credit for its boldness. Unfortunately, however, there's good reason to doubt its veracity.
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My Comment: The phrase "Global War on Terror" may have been dropped by the White House, but in actions they have certainly embraced a conflict in which US forces and diplomats are now engaged against Islamic extremists on a global level. So .... has the drone war reach a 'tipping' point .... hmmmmm .... the White House believes not.
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