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MadHound

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12. No, these countries file formal protests,

Reply to ProSense (Reply #11)

Fri Sep 7, 2012, 03:18 PM

Sep 2012

And well they should, we are launching military missions over their countries without their permission.
http://dawn.com/2012/08/24/us-confirms-protests-against-drone-strikes/
http://news.antiwar.com/2012/08/23/pakistan-summons-us-envoy-to-protest-drone-strikes/

What do you call a nation which violates another nation's sovereignty? Oh, yeah, a rogue nation. What would you think if China started sending drones over the US targeting Chinese dissidents here, and the surrounding innocents as well?

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Obama on drones and extrajudicial killing [View all] MadHound Sep 2012 OP

I agree completely & totally. CrispyQ Sep 2012 #1

And with whom do we have a better chance of putting that genie back in the bottle? MadHound Sep 2012 #2

I don't believe we'll ever get that genie back in the bottle. CrispyQ Sep 2012 #4

Well, we'd better, MadHound Sep 2012 #5

Why assume that Obama would be more benevolent? DerekG Sep 2012 #13

K&R Wake the hell up, America. woo me with science Sep 2012 #3

I think "the public" Le Taz Hot Sep 2012 #6

It's America's new Wonder Weapon designed to make us look like we didn't lose another war. Tierra_y_Libertad Sep 2012 #7

This statement ProSense Sep 2012 #8

Just because a law dates to Clinton doesn't make it right, MadHound Sep 2012 #9

Naive much? ProSense Sep 2012 #11

No, these countries file formal protests, MadHound Sep 2012 #12

I agree, but this horse has been out of the barn for almost five decades. hifiguy Sep 2012 #10