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Post #360,714 by boxley 7/12/12 2:33:28 PM Reply	under today's you have got to be shittin me http://www.salon.com...and_drone_pilots/ So medals would be awarded for sitting safely ensconced in a bunker on U.S. soil and launching bombs with a video joystick at human beings thousands of miles away. Justifying drone warfare requires pretending that the act entails some sort of bravery, so the U.S. military is increasingly taking steps to create the facade of warrior courage for drone pilots Any opinions expressed by me are mine alone, posted from my home computer, on my own time as a free American and do not reflect the opinions of any person or company that I have had professional relations with in the past 55 years. meep
Post #360,720 by mmoffitt 7/12/12 3:31:39 PM Reply	Holy Crap.
Post #360,727 by Another Scott 7/12/12 8:01:16 PM Reply	Should have known it would be GG. It's not an award for bravery. Sheesh. Awards and medals are given out for lots of things. E.g. http://www.tioh.hqda...ice_campaign.aspx Aren't there enough real things to be riled up about? :-/ Cheers, Scott.
Post #360,738 by hnick 7/13/12 7:27:57 AM Reply	Hmmm... Admittedly, they are not giving out the medal of honor for this stuff. What they ARE doing is normalizing the murder of civilians because they live next door to some guy the fellow down the hall thinks might be a terrier. or terrorist. or something. I mean, it HAS to be ok; they gave the operator a medal for it. And it's legal; the president, himself, got a staffer to write him a note saying so. Glorifying the military and indiscriminate use of force for authoritarian purposes are hallmarks of fascism. If we are ever going to be a democracy again, we are going to have to walk back a lot of stuff. I think that is what Glenn is usually bitching about. YMMV, of course.

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