Yup, it's state terrorism, no doubt. A war crime.
Imagine if Great Britain had used drones on the Irish in catholic Armagh during the Northern Ireland occupation. And imagine that a catholic wedding was pummeled and scores killed. As Cockburn says, when you become US president it's probably only seconds before you are at risk of becoming a war criminal. Brian McKenna -----Original Message----- From: Jim Devine <[email protected]> To: Progressive Economics <[email protected]> Sent: Fri, May 14, 2010 11:16 am Subject: Re: [Pen-l] Obama jokes about Predator drones At first, my response to this was "it's only a joke, get over it." But he more I think about it, the leaden delivery of this joke feels oky, like an eagle's talons on a blackboard. It suggests the rrogance of power. It's as if JFK had made jokes about assassinating oreign leaders: after all, Obama's increased use of drone attacks has illed a lot of civilians. They don't even require the exact dentification of a target's name anymore. By any reasonable efinition of that contentious term, this is terrorism. Louis Proyect wrote: ttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WWKG6ZmgAX4 - im Devine / "Segui il tuo corso, e lascia dir le genti." (Go your own ay and let people talk.) -- Karl, paraphrasing Dante. ______________________________________________ en-l mailing list [email protected] ttps://lists.csuchico.edu/mailman/listinfo/pen-l
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