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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8. One last skeptic of drone strikes' net strategic value: ex-DNI director Dennis Blair http://nyti.ms/1OXOSuj pic.twitter.com/GXwI8pteNt
9. Do drone assassinations degrade al Qaeda's propaganda capability? The evidence indicates no, they do not: http://www.jamesigoewalsh.com/tpv.pdf
Another military analyst concludes drone assassinations are a strategic failure: http://www.tomdispatch.com/post/175988/tomgram%3A_andrew_cockburn%2C_how_assassination_sold_drugs_and_promoted_terrorism/#.VT-snO_-Uo8.twitter … @tomdispatchpic.twitter.com/HVd9fKtgld
@ChMadar @TomDispatch problem with this point is like the effectiveness of torture debate
@pacifistHULK Yes. In both cases ineffectiveness (or worse) is an important argument to make, but it shouldn't be the only argument.
@mikedelic @pacifistHULK That's true, but few Americans (and we are the ones doing the most droning) see the strikes as aggression.
@mikedelic @pacifistHULK Instead, US govt and most people (including Democratic voters) see drones as defense. I wish we were setting…
@mikedelic @pacifistHULK …the terms of this debate, but the fact is we are not.
@mikedelic @pacifistHULK I hearya. And thanks for chiming in!
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