Rove?? where do you get Rove??..is he in your brain along with heavy doses of THC this morning?
have you ever bothered looked at it's mission statement? http://www.longwarjournal.org/about
have you ever read any coverage? ( no & no)
Drone Strikes Kill 'AQ Core' Leadership
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have you ever bothered looked at it's mission statement? http://www.longwarjournal.org/about
have you ever read any coverage? ( no & no)
Nomad
Every trumper is a N4T.
I've always been against signature strikes - they are inherently unreliable targeting ...
.the criteria is operationally sound
CIA didn't always know who it was killing in drone strikes, classified documents show
http://investigations.nbcnews.com/_...ng-in-drone-strikes-classified-documents-show
he CIA did not always know who it was targeting and killing in drone strikes in Pakistan over a 14-month period, an NBC News review of classified intelligence reports shows.
About one of every four of those killed by drones in Pakistan between Sept. 3, 2010, and Oct. 30, 2011, were classified as "other militants,” the documents detail. The “other militants” label was used when the CIA could not determine the affiliation of those killed, prompting questions about how the agency could conclude they were a threat to U.S. national security.
The uncertainty appears to arise from the use of so-called “signature” strikes to eliminate suspected terrorists -- picking targets based in part on their behavior and associates. A former White House official said the U.S. sometimes executes people based on “circumstantial evidence.”
Nomad
Every trumper is a N4T.
Look who suddenly has no concern over the possibility of collateral damage or accidentally hitting the wrong target.
Like you used to be when Obama was ordering them.
Hippo.
Fucking.
Crit.
which is why signature strikes should not be used and only "high value" targeting ..etc etc..which is what i condemned by Obama/Brennan
..which is apparently beyond your ability to understand...
Nomad
Every trumper is a N4T.
Your previous contention was that as long as civilians could be killed, either by accident resulting from bad Intel, missing the target or terrorists mingling with civilian populace to discourage attacks, that drone strikes were the work of fascist war monger pigs.
Etc, etc.
All situations that are still possible.
But now that you've taken up residence in HappyShlumpWorld fantasy land, you've completely reversed yourself and none of that is even a consideration to you as you
for your orange master.
Nomad
Every trumper is a N4T.
Mistakes still happen, you boob.
..which is apparently beyond your ability to understand...
And you're lying about exactly what you criticized previously.
You were against drone use across the board.
no. that sounds like BAC and his "double taps..especially the "mingling"part.Your previous contention was that as long as civilians could be killed, either by accident resulting from bad Intel, missing the target or terrorists mingling with civilian populace to discourage attacks, that drone strikes were the work of fascist war monger pigs.
Etc, etc.
All situations that are still possible.
But now that you've taken up residence in HappyShlumpWorld fantasy land, you've completely reversed yourself and none of that is even a cinsideration to you as you
I've put a lot of time into counter-terrorism as it's an issue subject to hyperbole without merit -ranting as it were.
Obviously I've distilled my criteria over the years down to an accurate and useful operational guidelines.
They are sound,and they allow for dronage where the risks are minimized and the targeting substantive
Nomad
Every trumper is a N4T.
Translation: "It's OK when Shlumpf does it".
I was against the vast number of drones in PAKISTAN.
That's where the "signature strikes" were regularly happening.
We were droning Waziristan (and the Tribal Regions) on a regular basis without discrimination -and that was rightfully condemned.
Targeting is only as good as the intelligence behind it,and the desire to mitigate collateral damage.
We went nuts when Obama first came in with his "kill list" coupled with Brennan's bloodthirstyness
translation: Trump used an off the shelf ops left over by Obama that went bad because the logistics went bad.
It was an INSERTION/EXTRACTION op. not a simple drone strike. Now Yemen has prohibited "boots"
Nomad
Every trumper is a N4T.
"The sun was in my eyes!!! It was Tuesday!!!! I had a stomach ache!!! My dog ate my homework!!!! My alarm didn't go off!!!....."
ya ya. as usual you have nothing to say. oh wait ! *Shlump!* there you go..
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Thingy, you're right....Obama's drone strikes should not be overlooked...
The Bureau of Investigative Journalism has been shortlisted for or won nearly 30 prestigious journalism awards since it launched in April 2010.
Reported deaths and injuries
Pakistan 2004 onwards
US Drone Strikes
Our complete
Pakistan datasheet
Most recent strike:
May 21 2016
Total strikes: 424
Obama strikes: 373
Total killed: 2,499-4,001
Civilians killed: 424-966
Children killed: 172-207
Injured: 1,161-1,744
Yemen 2002 onwards
US Covert Action
Our complete
Yemen datasheet
Most recent strike:
January 31 2017
Confirmed drone strikes: 145-165
Total killed: 601-871
Civilians killed: 65-101
Children killed: 8-9
Injured: 100-234
Possible extra drone strikes: 90-107
Total killed: 357-509
Civilians killed: 26-61
Children killed: 6-9
Injured: 82-109
Other covert operations: 21-84
Total killed: 235-510
Civilians killed: 78-127
Children killed: 28-39
Injured: 48-137
Somalia 2007 onwards
US Covert Action
Our complete
Somalia datasheet
Most recent strike:
January 7 2017
Drone strikes: 32-36
Total killed: 242-418
Civilians killed: 3-12
Children killed: 0-2
Injured: 5-24
Other covert operations: 10-14
Total killed: 59-160
Civilians killed: 7-47
Children killed: 0-2
Injured: 11-21
Afghanistan 2015 onwards
Our complete
Afghanistan datasheet
Most recent strike:
February 3 2017
Bureau data
Total strikes: 1,346-1,346
Total killed: 2,435-3,109
Civilians killed: 125-182
Children killed: 6-23
Injured: 354-406
USAF data
Missions with at least one
weapon release: 1,026
Total weapons released: 2,284
For more on the difference between US and Bureau data, read the notes page of our Afghanistan datasheet.
google "drone warfare statistics"
There were already three from leftys
He did. He said President Obama should burn in hell for his drone strikes.
He's the biggest fraud and coward on this board.
Notice how he has nothing to say about the botched Yemem raid which killed a soldier and children, but practically wrote a book about President Obama, Clinton and Susan Rice and Libya.
I'll give it to him, his lies and spin game is on point.
He's the biggest fraud and coward on this board.
Notice how he has nothing to say about the botched Yemem raid which killed a soldier and children, but practically wrote a book about President Obama, Clinton and Susan Rice and Libya.
I'll give it to him, his lies and spin game is on point.
LIAR!
You are a fucking liar and coward.
Just admit it. You hated the Black man in the white house.
That was Obama AND HILLARY both should rot in hell for the death and destruction unleashed in Libya -not drones.
Please get your damnation's straight.
Libya was a whole different ball game on a massive scales of needless death then drones..
I've covered the Yemen dronage. It was an Obama leftover 'off the shelf' risky insertion/extraction
where the logistics failed
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