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US May Sell Armed Drones
An anonymous reader writes: Nations allied with the United States may soon be able to purchase armed, unmanned aircraft, according to an updated U.S. arms policy. Purchase requests will be evaluated on a case-by-case basis, and foreign military bodies would have to agree to a set of "proper use" rules in order for the U.S. to go ahead with the sale. For example: "Armed and other advanced UAS are to be used in operations involving the use of force only when there is a lawful basis for use of force under international law, such as national self-defense." These rules have done nothing to silence critics of the plan, who point out that the U.S. has killed civilians during remote strikes without much accountability. The drones are estimated to cost $10-15 million apiece.
You've become a bunch of whiny bitches, cowering in fear, ignoring your own constitution, destroying the rights of everyone else on the planet with your surveillance, and overly willing to kill civilians remotely with little or no process or accountability.
Do you not realize you have given up any right to expect the rest of the world to not be angry with you? Or indifferent to what happens to your people?
American lives are not worth more than the rest of us, and we don't give a crap that you're so scared and out of control to not understand this.
Fuck you, America.
I'm sorry, but the rest of the world is getting tired of your shit. And we're rapidly reaching the point where we don't give a damn what happens to you.
America is becoming a failed state, flailing around, and demanding everybody play by their rules.
Fuck off.