Iran broadcasts footage 'extracted from CIA spy drone'

[R. Daneel Olivaw]

1. With all the happy chest thumping talk on killer drones

one might wish to rethink the policy of spying on other countries, and killing their civilians, if their tech is going to be hijacked and flown into enemy hands.

This is the argument: What if an enemy was able to figure out how to hijack a drone, mid flight, and use it against a population, aka kill civilians, or military target then hard land the drone to make it look like a crash? It would, in all appearances, look like the USA was declaring war on a population/sovereign state; creating a false flag for the purposes of that enemy country and legitimate war. The drone could even possibly be turned on the USA by attacking US personnel and military. Any country that has an interest in tarnishing the image (like our image already isn't pitch black?) of the USA in that part of the world could try it.

We reap what we sow.

Oh, this was also a funny piece. "Washington asked for it (the drone) back but Iran refused, and instead released photos of Iranian officials studying the aircraft. "

Why would Iran, or any country, want to "give back" anything that illegally flies into its territory for the purpose of spying? Would the USA?

I'm not siding with the Iranians on any of this, but the US drone policy could really backfire on us in a big way.