Ted Rall for January 23, 2013
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The drone plane buzzes over the remote Tribal region between Ohio and Kentucky. The missile is triggered from half a world away. Another victory is a new kind of war by Mohamed hero drone commander of the Pakistani army. Like any soldier in Pakistan's totally legal war on terror, Mohammed lives with terrible self-doubt. (Man 1: Are you sure they were known militants of the Republican party?) (Man 2: Uh-huh) (Man 3: Ok then.) Support our Noble warriors! The give everything to protect our freedoms. (Man 1: My thumb feels kinda crampy.) (Man 2: Medic! And cha!)
OK Ted. We get it. You’re against drone strikes. I don’t like them either, but we didn’t choose the jihad. Or would you rather we lose more American lives on suicide missions in unfriendly countries? Especially ones whose military undermines our objectives while paying lip service to “helping” us eradicate the terrorists, who they support! As to rightisright, if they couldn’t operate those things, why are we effing worrying about them? Or about suitcase nukes, dirty bombs, etc. Let’’s just abolish the TSA to start, and save billions of our tax dollars!