Pentagon Issues Drone War Talking Points

By Spencer Ackerman - May 11, 2012

It’s official: the U.S. drone war over Pakistan, Yemen and beyond really does exist. John Brennan, President Obama’s principal counterterrorism adviser, disclosed the government’s worst kept secret in a Washington speech last week. So now the Pentagon has to talk about it. Kind of.

A memorandum for the Office of the Secretary of Defense’s public-affairs shop provides talking points for military mouthpieces to discuss the secretive war in public. Its bottom line: yes, you can say there is a drone war — but don’t say much more about it.
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Pose those questions, or similar ones, to the Pentagon, and this is what you’re supposed to hear in response: ” Mr. Brennan discussed why targeted strikes against Al-Qaeda terrorists using remotely piloted aircraft are legal, ethical and wise.” He actually didn’t, though. Brennan simply asserted that the strikes are legal, ethical and wise.

Ask about civilian casualties caused by the drones — something Brennan has denied and/or minimized — and the response will be: “These technologies conform to the laws of war by precisely targeting a military objective while minimizing collateral damage, including the loss of innocent life.” (Source? John Brennan.)

http://www.wired.com/dangerroom/2012/05/drone-talking-points/

The President's okay on "signature drone strikes" in Yemen is "legal, ethical and wise?" A huge majority of Yemeni people are armed, which dramatically raises the chances of murdering innocents. Our war happy administration can't be stopped. Battlefield Earth take cover - US drone strikes are everywhere.