Oops, our bad

onefatamerican
By onefatamerican

DISPATCHES FROM AMERICA
Oops, our bad
By Tom Engelhardt

Let's start with a few simple propositions.

First, the farther away you are from the ground, the clearer things are likely to look, the more god-like you are likely to feel, the less human those you attack are likely to be to you. How much more so, of course, if you, the "pilot," are actually sitting at a console at an air base near Las Vegas, identifying a "suspect" thousands of miles away via video monitor, "following" that suspect into a house, and then letting loose a Hellfire missile from a Predator drone cruising somewhere over Iraq, Afghanistan, Somalia or the tribal areas of Pakistan.

Second, however "precise" your weaponry, however "surgical" your strike, however impressive the grainy snuff-film images you .....

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By novita77• 14 Apr 2008 20:13
novita77

Mum still here PM ... in bed already. Thank you for asking.

By novita77• 14 Apr 2008 20:06
Rating: 3/5
novita77

never have honda accord, my younger brother drove Honda Jazz back home.  

By novita77• 14 Apr 2008 20:01
novita77

PM ... it is a honda accord lol.

By bakamuna• 14 Apr 2008 19:13
bakamuna

lol :)

By novita77• 14 Apr 2008 18:53
Rating: 4/5
novita77

Wrong place to post nayaz...

By nayaz_m• 14 Apr 2008 18:53
Rating: 2/5
nayaz_m

New car Honda Accord is 81,000 for basic option is not it?

By nayaz_m• 14 Apr 2008 18:53
Rating: 3/5
nayaz_m

New car Honda Accord is 81,000 for basic option is not it?

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