{"id":321,"date":"2012-10-01T15:57:00","date_gmt":"2012-10-01T15:57:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/algerienetwork.com\/usa\/?p=321"},"modified":"2012-10-01T15:57:00","modified_gmt":"2012-10-01T15:57:00","slug":"drone-warfare-killing-by-remote-control","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/algerienetwork.com\/international\/drone-warfare-killing-by-remote-control\/","title":{"rendered":"Drone Warfare: Killing by Remote Control"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/algerienetwork.com\/usa\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/Drone-web.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-322\" title=\"Drone-web\" src=\"http:\/\/algerienetwork.com\/usa\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/Drone-web.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"227\" height=\"374\" \/><\/a>Drone Warfare (OR Books, 2012) is a comprehensive look at the growing menace of drone warfare, with an extensive analysis of who is producing the drones, where they are being used, who are \u00ab\u00a0piloting\u00a0\u00bb these unmanned planes, who are the victims and what are the legal and moral implications. But this book is also a call to action, with a look at what activists, lawyers and scientists are doing to rein in the drones, and ways to move forward.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><strong>\u00ab\u00a0Activist extraordinaire Medea Benjamin has documented how the U.S. government&rsquo;s use of drones to murder hundreds of innocent civilians in Afghanistan, Pakistan, Somalia and Yemen has increased the danger to our national security. And Benjamin\u2019s \u201cDrone Warfare\u201d is the first book that reveals the vocal international citizen opposition that challenges the legality and morality of America\u2019s extrajudicial execution drones before they kill here at home.\u00a0\u00bb <\/strong><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p align=\"right\">\u2014Ann Wright, retired US Army Reserve Colonel and former US diplomat<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>To bring author Medea Benjamin to your city or local book store for a book event please contact Alli at <a href=\"mailto:alli@codepink.org\">alli[at]codepink.org<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li>This book will be featured at the <a href=\"article.php?id=6065\">first-ever International Drones Conference<\/a>, to be held in Washington, DC, April 28, 2012.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<table width=\"97%\" border=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"8\" align=\"center\" bgcolor=\"#f8eaf5\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<p align=\"center\"><strong><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">Foreward to Drone Warfare by Barbara Ehrenreich<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>In many ways, drones present the same moral issues as any other action-at-a-distance weapon: They allow warriors to kill at a minimal risk to themselves, thus lowering the human cost of aggression. Thus the ancient contempt for archers, as recounted in The Iliad, where the Greek chieftains deride the Trojan prince Paris for his reliance on the bow and arrow. Real men are not afraid of hand-to-hand combat; only cowards attack from a distance, often hiding behind trees or rocks.<\/p>\n<p>Drones are of course the ultimate action-at-a-distance weapon, allowing the aggressor to destroy targets in Pakistan or Afghanistan while \u201chiding\u201d thousands of miles away in Nevada. But this alone does not make them uniquely pernicious: Missiles and aerial bombardment can also be launched from great distances, by individuals who need not see the extent of the violence they inflict. If we are to end war, we need to take aim at all the weaponry that makes it possible and even inviting \u2013 guns, artillery, fighter planes and bombs\u2014and at the industries that manufacture them.<\/p>\n<p>But in this remarkably cogent and carefully researched book, Medea Benjamin makes it clear that drones are not just another high-tech military trinket. In fact, it is hard to even claim that their primary use is \u201cmilitary\u201d in any traditional sense. Drones have made possible a program of targeted assassinations that are justified by the U.S. \u201cwar on terror,\u201d but otherwise in defiance of both international and U.S. law. As Benjamin documents, it is the CIA, not the Pentagon, that operates most drone strikes in Western Asia, with no accountability whatsoever. Designated targets, including American citizens, have been condemned without evidence or trial&#8211; at the will, apparently, of the White House. And those who target the drones do so with complete impunity for the deaths of any civilians who end up as collateral damage.<\/p>\n<p>One of Benjamin\u2019s most disturbing revelations has to do with the explosive expansion of the drone industry in just the last few years, to the point where 50 nations now possess the devices. Drone Warfare sketches out the nightmare possibilities posed by this insane proliferation. We cannot only expect drones to fall into the hands of \u201crogue\u201d nations or terrorist groups; we should brace ourselves, too, for the domestic use of surveillance drones and even armed drones at the Mexican border and possibly against American civilian protestors.<\/p>\n<p>In anyone else\u2019s hands, this could be a deeply depressing book. Fortunately though, Medea Benjamin is not just an ace reporter; she\u2019s one of the world\u2019s leading anti-war activists. Drone Warfare ends with the story of the global anti-drone movement, in which she has played a central role. At the end of this book, you\u2019ll be inspired \u2013 and you\u2019ll know exactly how to get involved!<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.codepinkalert.org\/article.php?id=6064\" target=\"_blank\">source<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/QF8W4gXeP8E?list=UUtcEBK496kxrJE1rhOf4I0w&amp;hl=fr_CA\" frameborder=\"0\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/algerienetwork.com\/usa\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/obama.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-420\" title=\"obama\" src=\"http:\/\/algerienetwork.com\/usa\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/obama.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"480\" height=\"320\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Drone Warfare (OR Books, 2012) is a comprehensive look at the growing menace of drone warfare, with an extensive analysis of who is producing the drones, where they are being used, who are \u00ab\u00a0piloting\u00a0\u00bb these unmanned planes, who are the victims and what are the legal and moral implications. But this book is also a [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":322,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"tdm_status":"","tdm_grid_status":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[50,33],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-321","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-politics","category-usa"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/algerienetwork.com\/international\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/321","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/algerienetwork.com\/international\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/algerienetwork.com\/international\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/algerienetwork.com\/international\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/algerienetwork.com\/international\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=321"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/algerienetwork.com\/international\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/321\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/algerienetwork.com\/international\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=321"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/algerienetwork.com\/international\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=321"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/algerienetwork.com\/international\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=321"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}