President Obama supported the drone war in his State of the Union Speech. A vast majority of American public back the continuation of GW Bush's air attacks against reputed Islamic militants in Yemen, Afghanistan, and Pakistan to prevent another 9/11, despite the collateral civilian killings and the fact that the White House has condoned the assassination of US citizens in foreign countries.
Of course drones are much more accurate than a B52 bombing strike, which is an improvement of the Cold War warrior General Curtis LeMay's attempts to bomb Vietnam into the Stone Age.
Still the drone attacks echo the same thinking of the following quote from "Bombs Away" LeMay;
Every soldier thinks something of the moral aspects of what he is doing. But all war is immoral and if you let that bother you, you're not a good soldier.
Thursday, February 14, 2013
Air Command Mentality
President Obama supported the drone war in his State of the Union Speech. A vast majority of American public back the continuation of GW Bush's air attacks against reputed Islamic militants in Yemen, Afghanistan, and Pakistan to prevent another 9/11, despite the collateral civilian killings and the fact that the White House has condoned the assassination of US citizens in foreign countries.
Of course drones are much more accurate than a B52 bombing strike, which is an improvement of the Cold War warrior General Curtis LeMay's attempts to bomb Vietnam into the Stone Age.
Still the drone attacks echo the same thinking of the following quote from "Bombs Away" LeMay;
Every soldier thinks something of the moral aspects of what he is doing. But all war is immoral and if you let that bother you, you're not a good soldier.
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