There already are a bunch of people campaigning to end drone strikes. They are getting arrested at military bases, etc. There are probably people near you.
When it comes to dealing with Congress, one needs to propose things that Members of Congress might be willing to get behind. There are not a lot of Members of Congress who are willing to push for ending all drone strikes, and more public agitation for ending all drone strikes is not likely to produce more. When Members of Congress take action, they do so according to their own rules. The majority of public opinion has long been ready to end the Afghan war tomorrow. But a bill to end the Afghan war tomorrow would be lucky to get five signatures in the House. It's not how Congress works. People try to do things that are perceived as plausible. On Mon, Nov 26, 2012 at 6:43 PM, Jim Devine <[email protected]> wrote: > Robert Naiman <[email protected]> wrote: >> Human Rights Watch and others say it would matter if drone strikes >> were moved away from the CIA because the military is more transparent >> and accountable to compliance with U.S. and international law than the >> CIA. See the links below. > > The Pentagon is more transparent? and more accountable? really??? > isn't the very-secretive DIA a lot like the CIA? > >> In addition, some, such as Gareth Porter, argue that it is a >> fundamental conflict of interest for the CIA to be running a >> paramilitary program at the same time as it is responsible for >> analyzing U.S. policy and assessing its impact. > > Doesn't the DIA also run paramilitary programs? isn't the "Green > Berets" part of the Pentagon? > > Reforms are fine, but this one seems more like "rearranging the chairs > on the Hindenburg" than usual. > > As I've said, maybe some of these reforms may be worthwhile, but we're > more likely to see them due to a popular campaign against _all_ drone > attacks. Fixing the drone attacks so that they're "better" (if such a > thing is possible) would be a _compromise_ that would arise from this > kind of pressure. > -- > Jim Devine / "Segui il tuo corso, e lascia dir le genti." (Go your > own way and let people talk.) -- Karl, paraphrasing Dante. > _______________________________________________ > pen-l mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.csuchico.edu/mailman/listinfo/pen-l -- Robert Naiman Policy Director Just Foreign Policy www.justforeignpolicy.org [email protected] "But sad to say the chances happen never You have to reach up high and man is low! We'd all be glad to live in peace forever It seems that circumstance won't have it so!" - "The World Is Mean," Threepenny Opera, Brecht/Blitzstein 1928/1954 _______________________________________________ pen-l mailing list [email protected] https://lists.csuchico.edu/mailman/listinfo/pen-l
