As U.S. Drone Monopoly Frays, Obama Seeks Global Rules

[Purveyor]

WASHINGTON | Sun Mar 17, 2013 1:08am EDT
(Reuters) - President Barack Obama, who vastly expanded U.S. drone strikes against terrorism suspects overseas under the cloak of secrecy, is now openly seeking to influence global guidelines for their use as China and other countries pursue their own drone programs.

The United States was the first to use unmanned aircraft fitted with missiles to kill militant suspects in the years after the September 11, 2001, attacks on New York and Washington.

But other countries are catching up. China's interest in unmanned aerial vehicles was displayed in November at an air show . According to state-run newspaper Global Times, China had considered conducting its first drone strike to kill a suspect in the 2011 murder of 13 Chinese sailors, but authorities decided they wanted the man alive so they could put him on trial.

"People say what's going to happen when the Chinese and the Russians get this technology? The president is well aware of those concerns and wants to set the standard for the international community on these tools," said Tommy Vietor, until earlier this month a White House spokesman.

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[Bonobo]

1. Maybe it will be like nukes.

The US is the only country in the history of the world to be arrogant and mad enough to drop not one but two nuclear/atomic bombs on a civilian population.

Then they declared that no one else was to be allowed to develop them.

Maybe this will be the same thing.