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In reply to the discussion: Jeremy Scahill, May, 2016: The Assassination Complex [View all]ancianita
(36,053 posts)7. My paraphrase. Obviously, you really don't want to watch this speech, do you. Then don't.
Killing 9 out of 10 that are not known as enemies is what a recent DoD study showed.
Killing both enemies and non-enemies is not new, but public awareness of non-enemy kills is -- the Collateral Murder video is only one example of the several that his book reveals.
Read "Shadow Government" by Tom Engelhardt of Tom's Dispatch, to get even more info on our careless drone program killings.
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it is easy to write about foreign policy - coulda shoulda. But decision-making isn't a novel.
tonyt53
Jun 2016
#1
Scahill's book is not a novel. It's a report on leaked docs about the 19 agency watch list program.
ancianita
Jun 2016
#4
None of this discredits the leaked documents of his book. Ad hominem is a cheap dodge to take
ancianita
Jun 2016
#5
My paraphrase. Obviously, you really don't want to watch this speech, do you. Then don't.
ancianita
Jun 2016
#7
It's age diversity that's at issue, not gender/race."Ben" Rhodes is the Deputy National Security
ancianita
Jun 2016
#8
Still haven't watched the video, have you. Yours is a pre-empt trolling strategy here.
ancianita
Jun 2016
#10
Watch the vid and you'll understand the spirit of the words, you'd rather dis the OP with niggling.
ancianita
Jun 2016
#12
Different operations. Maybe Brennan's in on those, since they're primarily drone strikes.
ancianita
Jun 2016
#30
Good question after 6/20. Do negative conclusions based on facts about Hillary merit a ban? Dunno.
ancianita
Jun 2016
#16
I think if you talk about Hillary, there'll be a ban. However, if you talk about someone else, say
valerief
Jun 2016
#17
We're always being told the U.S. is the most powerful nation on earth. What does that mean?
valerief
Jun 2016
#18
Usually control. And we were once a good powerful. Now we're a feared powerful. And not just
ancianita
Jun 2016
#19
We seldom build where we're not invited to. Other countries prefer our presence to nothing
ancianita
Jun 2016
#21