So the US has confirmed that it will use armed drones

[malaise]

over Libya.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-13166441
<snip>
Armed US Predator drones are to carry out missions over Libya, Defence Secretary Robert Gates has said.

Mr Gates said their use had been authorised by President Barack Obama and would give "precision capability" to the military operation.

Unmanned US drones are already used to target militants along the Pakistan-Afghanistan border.

Meanwhile in Bahrain
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-13165821
<snip>
Human rights groups are expressing growing concern about a security crackdown in Bahrain.

A report by the campaign group Physicians for Human Rights has called for an international investigation into the use of "excessive force".

It says at least 32 medics are among those arrested since protests began.
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Oh the humanity!!!

[markpkessinger]

1. Remember when it was going to be a matter of "days, not weeks?" n/t

[Gravel Democrat]

3. they always say that

and people keep buying it

can't blame these psychopaths anymore, it's like blaming a rattlesnake for biting.

We The People have utterly failed.


"A Republic, if you can keep it!"
--Benjamin Franklin

[WatsonT]

9. Somehow the troops will always be home by Christmas

I guess they didn't specify which Christmas.

[EFerrari]

2. Yeah, they're going to use drone because the mission is

to keep civilians safe, right?

[malaise]

6. Of course

Collateral damage is just collateral damage - no civilians there :hi:

[KurtNYC]

8. but THESE are the humanitarian drones

they are filled with food, water, bandages and good wishes!

Next we will deploy snipers who shoot darts of Ecstasy -- let the party begin !

[Distant Observer]

4. The War could have some vitue if there wasn't so much LYING to cover real intentions

We are protecting defenceless "protesters" who, it turns out, are armed to the teeth -- and actually part of an ongoing Western-backed insurgency.

We are "defending" rebels who are actually the ones attacking whenever they can.

We are worried about civilian lives but we are sponsoring urban warfare which by definition put civilians in harms way on both sides.

We want a ceasefire, but dismiss all efforts at negotiated peace that does not include surrender of our "enemy".

[Smarmie Doofus]

5. +1. In a nutshell. nt

[crickets]

7. Yep. War is peace. -nt

[slipslidingaway]

10. knr nt

[Tierra_y_Libertad]

11. "Precision capability" drone killed 5 women and 3 children yesterday in Pakistan.

I guess "protecting" civilians depends on which civilians were "protecting".