re: #706 Killgore Trout

Drones!
U.S. drone strike kills Al Qaeda-linked militant leader in Pakistan

This is interesting…

Drone Hysteria is Stupid

The Reaper drone above is fitted for death and destruction by retail. The weapons mounted on those wings are designed for accurate destruction of specific targets, not carpet-bombing a valley. Anyone who raves about a Reaper drone annihilating entire villages is full of horse shit: that’s not what they’re for, and it doesn’t describe what they do.

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