#NotABugSplat

[Lemon Drop]

New art installation in rural Pakistan, it's a photo of a child whose family was killed by a drone strike. As it can be seen from drone cameras.
Didn't know drone operators refer to their kills as "bug splats." That's sick.
http://notabugsplat.com/

[cbelt3]

Mechanized remote warfare has a video game vibe to it.... the lack of personal danger and the complete removal of humanity from the process give it the jocular vernacular of today's puerile gamers. The desire to connect humanity to the operators is a good one, but misguided. If you want to stop drone strikes, the following must take place:

1- US Political leadership must take a stand to stop the strikes.
2- Pakistan must take a stand to stop the cancer that has spread inside the NWFP and the Mohajir population.

If the Pakistani equivalent of Barney Fife starts arresting all the Al Quaeda and Taliban operatives inside their nation, the aid and comfort that Pakistan gives to Al Quaeda and the Taliban will drive them elsewhere.

[Ombligo]

Of course the argument cuts both ways - the locals support the Taliban and Al Quaeda but see our leaders as terrorists, essentially the opposite of our viewpoint. Setting aside national interests, who is to say who is correct?

War always has two sides - traditionally the winner writes the history. But the tradition of having a clearcut winner is changing.

I'm not defending the Taliban/AQ but then I'm not completely comfortable with the actions of the coalition either. I guess it boils down to the basic truth of innocence lost.

[Lemon Drop]

It's really hard to know what to think about Pakistan. They just charged a 9 month old baby with murder (for reelz)

But they can't find Osama bin Laden when he's hiding in plain sight for years, and they can't seem to stop the Taliban.

Even so, I think drone strikes are the wrong way to do security.