The greatest threat to world peace is not from nuclear weapons and
their possible proliferation. It is from drones and their certain
proliferation. Nuclear bombs are useless weapons, playthings for the
powerful or those aspiring to power. Drones are now sweeping the global
arms market. There are some 10,000 said to be in service, of which a
thousand are armed and mostly American. Some reports say they have killed more non-combatant civilians than died in 9/11.
I have not read one independent study of the current drone wars in Afghanistan, Pakistan and the horn of Africa that suggests these weapons serve any strategic purpose. Their "success" is expressed solely in body count, the number of so-called "al-Qaida-linked commanders" killed. If body count were victory, the Germans would have won Stalingrad and the Americans Vietnam.
Read more: http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2013/jan/10/drones-fools-gold-prolong-wars
I have not read one independent study of the current drone wars in Afghanistan, Pakistan and the horn of Africa that suggests these weapons serve any strategic purpose. Their "success" is expressed solely in body count, the number of so-called "al-Qaida-linked commanders" killed. If body count were victory, the Germans would have won Stalingrad and the Americans Vietnam.
Read more: http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2013/jan/10/drones-fools-gold-prolong-wars
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