2. But it's highly questionable that drone assassinations are a net benefit to national defense–which is, after all, their purpose–isn't it?
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3. Here's a 2009 NYTimes op-ed by U.S. military officers arguing that drones are a strategic liability, not an asset:http://www.nytimes.com/2009/05/17/opinion/17exum.html?_r=1 …
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4. Here's the CIA's former Kabul station chief arguing that drone assassinations are a net liability in Af-Pak war:http://www.huffingtonpost.com/graham-e-fuller/global-viewpoint-obamas-p_b_201355.html …
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5. Here a Naval Postgraduate School prof argues that drone srikes are an overused tactic in search of a strategy:http://www.lobelog.com/drone-wars-tactics-in-search-of-a-strategy/ …
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6. And the security costs to US territory in blowback attacks from drone strikes abroad are real, & demonstrably highhttp://america.aljazeera.com/opinions/2014/7/drone-blowback.html …
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7. Whether or not drones are a strategic benefit to the US is the gateway question. If the answer is "no", then there are no more questions.
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8. One last skeptic of drone strikes' net strategic value: ex-DNI director Dennis Blair http://nyti.ms/1OXOSuj pic.twitter.com/GXwI8pteNt
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Don't listen to the prudes and prisses. Strategic questions about the use of lethal force ARE moral questions.
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@ChMadar Drones would appear to be greatest MI Complex giveaway ever: none of "our" lives lost, only 3rd world lives we don't care about. -
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@ChMadar Decouples massive military spending from any loss of US troops--they're behind joysticks. But ... they still get PTSD, apparently.
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