04 August 2012

That evil, secretive, controlling...

...George W. Bu...
To critics including the former president Jimmy Carter, legal scholars and human rights groups, the strikes are extrajudicial executions that violate nations' sovereignty, stain US moral standing and fuel extremism.
Wait a minute...
At a time of cutbacks, Barack Obama has set aside around $5bn for Predators and Reapers, signalling their growing importance and ubiquity as a policy instrument. The air force has struggled to supply enough crews for the multiplying hardware.
Obviously that whole "Yes, we can" thing covers a lot of territory...
In his first two years in office, the US president more than tripled the number of attacks in Pakistan alone.