U.S. drone strike kills 30 pine nut farm workers in Afghanistan
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Re: U.S. drone strike kills 30 pine nut farm workers in Afghanistan
#2Now imagine “U.S. drone strike kills 30 pine nut farm workers in France” and feel the difference (which is non-existent). Then it goes on tv and reads the list of this morning’s evil men who must be stopped.
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#3Now imagine “U.S. drone strike kills 30 pine nut farm workers in France” and feel the difference (which is non-existent). Then it goes on tv and reads the list of this morning’s evil men who must be stopped.
For it to matter to the USG is has to be "X drone strike kills 30 pine nut farmers in [some US state]"
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#4Now imagine “U.S. drone strike kills 30 pine nut farm workers in France” and feel the difference (which is non-existent). Then it goes on tv and reads the list of this morning’s evil men who must be stopped.
I’d go with “secretary of defense guns down thirty civilians with a machine gun in Times Square”.
Why these mass murderers are allowed to flourish in our society is a continuing source of dismay for me.
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#5Why are we there?
What’s the threat, again? I forgot.
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#6This is deeply tragic. I wish the story gave more details. Based on the provincial governor's statement, it sounds like U.S. forces were relying on the Afghan government's intelligence assessment.
I also wish news sources would be more careful about suggesting that there are autonomous killer robots in the sky. The drone didn't target anything. A remote pilot did, based on information he/she was provided.
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#7Can someone explain to me how the US military is still unable to distinguish pine nut farmers from IS Jihadi terrorists? Where is all this advanced military tech I keep hearing the US military is developing that people are mistaking for aliens?
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#8Can someone explain to me how the US military is still unable to distinguish pine nut farmers from IS Jihadi terrorists? Where is all this advanced military tech I keep hearing the US military is developing that people are mistaking for aliens?
The world's largest, most expensive military does not make mistakes. If they admit a mistake, it's to cover up something far more nefarious.
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#9Why are we there? What’s the threat, again? I forgot.
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#10The US is resolutely fighting the War on Pesto !
(They ran out of other things to fight.)
They arrest people who share pesto recipes, or search for pesto on the web. New technology is deployed to detect and suppress the Improvised Pesto Dishes found in roadside cafes, especially the deadly Rocket Pesto.
There are small Caribbean islands where Pestofarians openly consume pasta with pesto. The Colombian Green Pesto Cartel has entered a bloody feud with the Red Pesto Brigades. However, I understand some US states are legalizing pesto now.