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Old 02-02-2013 | 12:13 AM
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How are Pakistan, Iran, and other nations not retaliating against these clear acts of war on part of the USA? We are clearly invading their airspace, we're executing military surveillance as well as carrying out missile strikes against targets that are often civilians.


Am I missing something here? I love the USA, but what we're doing us beyond wrong and we need to be held accountable for what we've done.


What's worse is that we're now all going to be monitored domestically with drones, a huge network of them.


What a Orwellian nightmare...
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Old 02-02-2013 | 12:42 AM
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Wut?
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what will the drones accomplish domestically if I may ask.
I do agree that international drone strikes will eventually get us into **** however.


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big brother is watching
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If the US didnt invade. Youd be paying $ 10 a gallon for gas. Then you wouldnt mind.
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If the US didnt invade. Youd be paying $ 10 a gallon for gas. Then you wouldnt mind.
If we would drill into the oil reserves that we HAVE then gas wouldnt be $10/gallon either
Old 02-02-2013 | 11:17 AM
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How are Pakistan, Iran, and other nations not retaliating against these clear acts of war on part of the USA? We are clearly invading their airspace, we're executing military surveillance as well as carrying out missile strikes against targets that are often civilians.

Am I missing something here? I love the USA, but what we're doing us beyond wrong and we need to be held accountable for what we've done.

What's worse is that we're now all going to be monitored domestically with drones, a huge network of them.

What a Orwellian nightmare...
Bruce,

The answer is very simple: 11.74 BILLION dollars. That's the amount of aid the US government has bribed Pakistan with to overlook these acts of terror. If we stopped paying them off, we would learn very quickly who our real friends are.

From: Foreign aid to Pakistan - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Between 2002-2010, Pakistan received approximately $18 billion[6] in military and economic aid from the United States. In February 2010, the administration of U.S. President Barack Obama requested an additional $3 billion in aid, for a total of $20.7 billion.[7]

Western officials have claimed nearly 70% (roughly $3.4 billion) of the aid given to the military has been misspent in 2002-2007 and used to cover the civilian deficit. However U.S-Pakistani relationship has been a transactional based and U.S military aid to Pakistan and aid conditions has been shrouded in secrecy for several years until recently .[8][9][9][10] Furthermore a significant proportion of U.S. economic aid for Pakistan has ended up in back in the U.S., as funds are channeled through large U.S. contractors. A U.S. lawmaker also said majority of U.S. economic aid has not left the U.S. as it spent on consulting fees and overhead cost.[11][12]
Military and economic aid
Year Military (USD in billions) Economic (USD in billions)
2002 1.36 1.233 for 2002 to 2004
2003 1.500 1.233 for 2002 to 2004
2004 1.200 1.233 for 2002 to 2004
2005 1.313 .338
2006 1.260 .539
2007 1.115 .567
2008 1.435 .507
2009 1.689 1.366
2010 1.232 1.409
2011 1.685 unknown
Total 11.740 billion[13] 6.08 billion[14]
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If we would drill into the oil reserves that we HAVE then gas wouldnt be $10/gallon either
I don't think the Middle East oil is as much as a factor as everyone makes it out to be. It's only one interest on a long list of Middle East interests.

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the sheriffs office is supposed to be buying a UAV, and i'm one of the people in our unit who stepped up to be trained on flying it to be used in search and rescue operations

ACLU is all up in arms about it

Alameda County Sheriff puts UAV purchase on hold until after debate | abc7news.com

Get ready: Drones will come to Bay Area - SFGate
Old 02-02-2013 | 05:16 PM
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This technology is ****ing crazy.

Not for or against it though I dunno.
Old 02-04-2013 | 01:49 PM
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the sheriffs office is supposed to be buying a UAV, and i'm one of the people in our unit who stepped up to be trained on flying it to be used in search and rescue operations

ACLU is all up in arms about it

Alameda County Sheriff puts UAV purchase on hold until after debate | abc7news.com

Get ready: Drones will come to Bay Area - SFGate
Did they get 3 kills? Are they in line for a care package and attack helicopter?
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