The candor in Obama’s admission yesterday that the US drone war is ongoing in Pakistan, albeit with a dismissal of the large number of civilian casualties, has taken some people by surprise.
Among them is Sen. Dianne Feinstein (D – CA), the Senate Intelligence Committee chairwoman, who during a committee today reminded members not to discuss the existence of the supposedly “classified” drone program, while expressing annoyance that “various parts of the executive branch may be doing somewhat the opposite.”
Begun under President Bush, the drone war in Pakistan has escalated enormously since President Obama took office, killing thousands of people in Pakistan’s Federally Administered Tribal Areas.
Overwhelmingly, the victims of these strikes are anonymous “suspects,” tribesmen who remain unnamed and with no evidence ever presented that they were in any targeted terrorist groups. The exact civilian death toll will likely never be known, but the best evidence suggests that a solid majority of the victims were innocent civilians. The number of militant “leaders” confirmed killed is miniscule, particularly when one considers how many of the names belong to targets who have supposedly been killed multiple times or who remain at large.
Who does this lunatic think she is? Isn't she the one with the hubby who's profiting to the tune of millions all the while playing this game of "tell no secrets"? She's got hands as dirty as Cheney's!
That's what she gets for thinking. Now shaddap and stick your snout back in the feeding trough.
Just as "secret" as Nixon's bombing of Cambodia.
"Secret" means she didn't think she'd have to explain her approval of the murder of thousands of people to the voters.
Yep they are totally secret from the US News Media who fail to report exactly whom they really are killing, Helpless little children Women and Old Men.
American Exceptionalism the US can use civilians to kill civilians yet if an American is killed by a Civilian it is a terrorist attack in fact if a US soldier is killed by a Civilian it is called a Terrorist attack.
Remember that the CIA are not Military and any killing at least according to George W Bush of a Civilian by another civilian is in fact a Terrorist act and under US law the USE of a Bomb is now considered to be a Weapon of mass destruction. Of course when Americans do it it is American Exceptionalism and not a terrorist act at all!
A bit off topic but: Does anyone know how the scheme to use DNA from a vaccination program to find Bin Laden became public? As near as I can tell, that too was an official leak, but unlike the drone program it was not an open secret.
Don't worry, Dianne. Most of the evil you help commit is indeed
"secret". That is, until you meet your maker. Have fun in your
final years, waiting for the inevitable eternity you will spend
among your peers.
When a president discloses it it is not a secret….
What was the point of the 'secret' anyway when everyone knows that only the US has those drones?
She might as well bellyache that the Battle of the Somme is supposed to be a secret. What a poltroon!
No surprise that she would think Pakistan drone strikes secret. The real world has become a secret one where decisions are made in closed doors while the world population is openly and grossly manipulated by propaganda and lies while paying in "blood, sweat and tears."
Dianne, the UPS office just called- your box FAIL has arrived. Also, check your e-mail; someone might have sent you a clue, since they probably know you don't have one now.
The girl killed by Barack Obama – she never saw it coming
http://youtu.be/_9DE0ON_Uzo