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Advanced Surveillance Tech for Unmanned Drones Credited In Iraq
mathoda writes "Investigative reporter Bob Woodward states that America has developed secret capabilities 'to locate, target and kill key individuals in groups such as al-Qaeda in Iraq, the Sunni insurgency and renegade Shia militias, or so-called special groups. The operations incorporated some of the most highly classified techniques and information in the US government.' The LA Times now reports, 'As part of an escalating offensive against extremist targets in Pakistan, the United States is deploying Predator aircraft equipped with sophisticated new surveillance systems that were instrumental in crippling the insurgency in Iraq, according to US military and intelligence officials.' Part of the capabilities appear to be that the unmanned flying drones can track targets even inside of buildings." Update by J : Bruce Schneier's readers have some thoughts.
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Anyone who runs is a Taliban. Anyone standing still is a well-disciplined Taliban.
Women and children are easy to shoot. Just don't lead them so much.
I'd rather you do it wrong, than for me to have to do it at all.
Investigative reporter Bob Woodward states that America has developed secret capabilities 'to locate, target and kill key individuals in groups such as non-partisans, For Freedom Fighters, the Free America insurgency and renegade Pro-True Democracy voters, or so-called special groups. The operations incorporated some of the most highly classified techniques and information in the US government.' The LA Times now reports, 'As part of an escalating offensive against extremist targets in the Fatherland, the United States is deploying Predator aircraft equipped with sophisticated new surveillance systems that were instrumental in crippling the insurgency in America, according to US military and intelligence officials.' Part of the capabilities appear to be that the unmanned flying drones can track targets even inside of buildings or voting booths.
... our predator chickens come home to roost.
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They were always vicious borderline insane fanatics (you'd have to be to go running to Iraq to support your cause),
The clause in parens could refer to either the Shia or to the United States military. So you are saying that the United States military (or perhaps just Bush?) are insane fanatics?
Of course the ultimate policy "that saves lives of Iraqis" was ... not to fucking invade in the first place. Hence the "turd".
What is happening now is not to "save a lot of their lives" but to "ensure US dominance" and to demonstrate to any future malcontents in future invasions that "resistance to your new Lords And Masters is futile". Yes, the end result is that the subjugated people stop dying from the US missiles (mostly) after they prostrate themselves and start sucking US dick as instructed. But it is still a major difference from mere "saving lives".
So did Hitler's pacification of Poland. Once the Polish army was defeated, the only violence was reserved for Jews and Poles who refused to accept the new order. Just like in Iraq, given time, Poland would have "quieted down" after all these "terrorists" in the hills were exterminated and the Poles accepted their new role as slaves worth less then the dirt on the German boots.
This is what is happening in Iraq!
Does this penetrate your thick skull? Let me tell you precisely what is going on here: the US army and its contractors can kill anyone for reasons real or imagined, anytime, anywhere with no warning, no justification, no trial, no evidence of any kind. The price of this "saving of lives" is an acknowlegment by all Iraqis that they are worthless, mere dirt on US army boots, and have no rights whatsoever. The only "people" in Iraq are Americans. Everyone else is either dirt or foreign contractors. Those who refuse to be dirt, die, Americans simply kill them with impunity. Everyone in Iraq must now "live" with the acceptance of the fact that they are a walking target practice for American drones at at any time some cappuccino-sipping jerk in the US can click his mouse to remove you, your spouse and your children from existence. And that no one who cares about will be able to do anything about it.
It is that simple!
This is what this new "Pax Americana" means. Yes, it is "peace", but does anyone but some pig-headed US fascists want to actually live in such new "world order"? I certainly don't.
Actually, yes. You see there are some things more dear then life. Perhaps you've heard of this thing called "liberty"? If the price of "saving lives" is abject slavery, then such "life" is too expensive.
As usual, the press reported the truth and the dumb masses heard what they wanted to hear.
In war you have to balance the trade-off between cost and gain. For what we stand to gain by having a Muslim country for an ally right in the middle of our enemy's territory far outweighs the cost of a few thousand lives. Iraq is a strategic acquisition in a much larger war. Don't you fools understand a damned thing? Don't they teach history in schools nowadays? Sheesh!
The Katrina disaster was mainly the fault of the "chocolate" mayor and an indecisive pussy governor. The Feds are *always* the last to show up. Disaster response STARTS with LOCAL people, then state, then Federal. Got it? When you elect stupid Democrats for your local and state leadership, then you get what you deserve.
Your right, you have confirmed that you are a fuckwit. But that's ok, as I understand it, you were born that way.
Anyways, maybe you should stop pointing fingers and start looking in the mirror. I'm sorry that you can't get the simple notions I presented, I don't know how to dumb it down any more for you. Your probabaly just a troll anyways so I guess it's time to just ignore you.