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> "the video provided by a drone is a far cry from clear enough to detect someone carrying a weapon, even on a crystal-clear day with limited clouds and perfect
by wreegab 13y ago
> "the video provided by a drone is a far cry from clear enough to detect someone carrying a weapon, even on a crystal-clear day with limited clouds and perfect light"
I wished she had pushed the questioning even further:
Even if it's a weapon, that doesn't mean the person is a threat. I mean it's full of people carrying weapons in the U.S., they are not presumed a threat.
And even if the person is deemed a threat, maybe the he would surrender, but now he is not even offered this choice.
- TruthElixirX 13y agoHow is a guy two continents away carrying an AK a threat in any sane fashion? He sure as hell can't use the gun to fly over the ocean.
- dreamfactory 13y agoRemember the official public NSA justification includes 'defending economic interests'.
- Theodores 13y agoHe is a profit centre. Not killing him is a danger to the entire military industrial complex. That would be a threat to national security.
- stefan_kendall 13y agoThe U.S countryside is strewn with men and women fitting this description. I bet it would be even more true if foreign soldiers were occupying america and routinely bombing its citizens.
- wreegab 13y agoI just wished she questioned further. The more the better.