tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1135440704345727704.post8686899888050979397..comments2023-10-17T09:55:01.073-04:00Comments on The Worlds: Let's revise the drone programwritenowhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15612617536948351540noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1135440704345727704.post-75383334083489583082013-09-03T20:07:36.387-04:002013-09-03T20:07:36.387-04:00You know how I hate to leave home. KYou know how I hate to leave home. Kwritenowhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15612617536948351540noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1135440704345727704.post-17480028872323744962013-09-03T17:15:14.509-04:002013-09-03T17:15:14.509-04:00Listen to the two of us discussing this. Why is no...Listen to the two of us discussing this. Why is not the UN convening on this, use of drones and chemical weapons... oh wait, I see maybe they have a 7 or 8 billion ($) reasons not to.<br /><br />I am going to run away from home, want to come with me K?Anna Guess Pickhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18312345846201371477noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1135440704345727704.post-31905217319937141552013-09-03T16:35:09.063-04:002013-09-03T16:35:09.063-04:00This is disgusting... let's offer up Graham to...This is disgusting... let's offer up Graham to be the first to man the button.<br /><br />Republican senator Lindsey Graham, a staunch supporter of the drone raids, revealed the figure in a speech on Wednesday in his home state of South Carolina.<br /><br />"We've killed 4,700," Graham was quoted as saying by the Easley Patch, a local website covering the small town of Easley. "Sometimes you hit innocent people, and I hate that, but we're at war, and we've taken out some very senior members of al-Qaeda," he told the local Rotary Club.<br /><br />Despite criticism from lawmakers and rights advocates who have questioned the secrecy and the legality of the drone attacks, Graham defended Obama's reliance on the unmanned, robotic aircraft.<br /><br /> "It's a weapon that needs to be used," Graham said. "It's a tactical weapon. A drone is an unmanned aerial vehicle that is now armed."<br /><br />~From AlJazeera 2/21/13Anna Guess Pickhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18312345846201371477noreply@blogger.com