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http://readersupportednews.org/news-section2/318-66/31339-retired-general-drones-create-more-terrorists-than-they-kill-iraq-war-created-isisetired Army Gen. Mike Flynn, a top intelligence official in the post-9/11 wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, says in a forthcoming interview on Al Jazeera English that the drone war is creating more terrorists than it is killing. He also asserts that the U.S. invasion of Iraq helped create the Islamic State and that U.S. soldiers involved in torturing detainees need to be held legally accountable for their actions.
Flynn, who in 2014 was forced out as head of the Defense Intelligence Agency, has in recent months become an outspoken critic of the Obama administrations Middle East strategy, calling for a more hawkish approach to the Islamic State and Iran.
But his enthusiasm for the application of force doesnt extend to the use of drones. In the interview with Al Jazeera presenter Mehdi Hasan, set to air July 31, the former three star general says: When you drop a bomb from a drone you are going to cause more damage than you are going to cause good. Pressed by Hasan as to whether drone strikes are creating more terrorists than they kill, Flynn says, I dont disagree with that. He describes the present approach of drone warfare as a failed strategy.
What we have is this continued investment in conflict, the retired general says. The more weapons we give, the more bombs we drop, that just fuels the conflict.
msongs
(67,406 posts)HooptieWagon
(17,064 posts)for the duration of any military conflict, the entire MIC will operate on a non-profit basis. Further, the salaries of all MIC CEOs, officers, and Board of Directors will be taxed at 99%. Further, the pay of all ranks Colonel and above will be placed in escrow until the conclusion of the action. Additionally, all children and grandchildren of members of Congress, President, VP, and members of Cabinet, who are of combat age, male and female, will be immediately drafted in the rank of private, and sent to the front lines. I kind of think 99.9% of wars will be found unnecessary.
LeftOfWest
(482 posts)thanks eridani as usual.
Scootaloo
(25,699 posts)malaise
(268,999 posts)I laugh when I hear the fools saying ISIS propaganda is attractive to young men - no - what America and the West have done in Iraq and elsewhere in the ME is the reason for this mess.