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These remote controlled devices, better known as Drones, were in the news this week because our President stated that we need to cut back on their usage. His exact words......once the troops leave Afghanistan in 19 months........"We will no longer have the same need for force protection, and the progress we have made against core Al Qaeda will reduce the need for unmanned strikes."  He also said he would consider proposals for an independent panel, or special court, to review evidence before a drone strike is authorized.

An independent panel or special court?????????????????????  Is that equivalent to a search warrant?

Maybe I'm missing something here.....

now please acknowledge that methods of conducting military exercises are not within my realm of awareness, but it seems that if someone is looking for the dickhead terrorist and word comes down that he is now driving a white van on a mountain pass between Afghanistan and Pakistan that the window of response is relatively short.....like maybe ten minutes.  Imagine having to consult with an independent panel of a special court before taking action.  By the time a decision is reached the dickhead could be in Paris having a latte.

IF YOU ARE GOING TO USE THEM TO FIGHT THE DICKHEADS, THE DECISION NEEDS TO BE.......A RIGHT NOW DECISION.

The idea of drones has always bothered me because once a product is created than that product usually ends up at a trade show and war toy trade shows can be attended by anyone with a business card. The United States has always been able to create advanced war toys and being a capitalist free enterprise system means that those war toys will be available to anyone with enough coin.  I understand that they might not sell the latest wonder toy but they sure as hell will sell last years model.

Keep in mind that the military buys drones from civilian businesses.

When the President says that drone usage will decline sharply I get very very very nervous.

It makes me nervous because the manufactures of drones will not be happy with reducing the purchases of their newest and greatest war toy.

WHAT MIGHT HAPPEN IS THE FOLLOWING ACTION.....

AGITATION IN SOME OTHER HOT AREA THAT MIGHT DEMAND AN INCREASE IN DRONE STRIKES.

PICK YOUR FAVORITE HOT AREA AROUND THE GLOBE.

IT DOESN'T TAKE MUCH TO CREATE AN AGITATION.....and God knows that if there is cooperation between the CIA and American munitions manufacturers then that agitation could happen in NUMEROUS HOT AREAS and maybe even some obscure not so hot areas.

The Drone era is here and it's out of the bag and I suspect that eventually there will have to be an international DRONE TREATY.

I MEAN IF EVERYONE HAS THEM THEN WHO GETS TO USE THEM?

I'm pretty sure that Drones equipped with munitions will eventually be banned by the UN.

Of course I always see a much brighter future
than
the
military complex participants.....

It's a future where weapons are not needed anymore because we've learned to play Scrabble to decide our differences.

It's a future that I probably won't see but your children's children might.

It has to start somewhere....so why not here and why not
now?

I realize that I started this article by explaining how the strike decision of drones has to work...but I want it made perfectly clear that I don't want drones to exist.  Of course there's a whole list of weapons that I don't want to exist but that's just me.

Michael Timothy McAlevey