tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4480959310171271494.post6876898041591332132..comments2024-03-21T02:23:19.513-07:00Comments on STEVE PIECZENIK <b>TALKS</b>: Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08376863188680913389noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4480959310171271494.post-22192172344087226612013-01-07T23:11:38.682-08:002013-01-07T23:11:38.682-08:00Anyone who understands counter-insurgency and cove...Anyone who understands counter-insurgency and covert action can list the reasons why drones are a stupid idea.<br /><br />Drones do absolutely nothing to change the environment in which creates the militancy on the ground. It does nothing to change attitudes, or even to create deterrence.<br /><br />Drones merely create resentment of the deepest kind. It's a cowardly and sinister operation which hits very few valuable targets and is bound to create collateral casualties.<br /><br />Unfortunately the CIA's use of drones is borrowed from the Israeli's use of "targeted killings" using helicopters and US-made air to ground missiles.<br /><br />Israel's program is a horrible failure for predictable reasons, and the US drone program is similarly folly.MITmichaelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14712376188659356195noreply@blogger.com