Tuesday 18 November 2008
Pakistan has become the world’s first mechanical proxy war, with unmanned aerial vehicles hunting and killing bad guys so U.S. troops don’t have to. It’s a strategic showdown between the ruthless and the bloodless. The drones have taken away the usual insurgent advantage of luring, bogging down, and picking off an invading army. The insurgents have responded by killing Pakistani civilians, hoping to bully Pakistan into pressuring the United States to call off the drones. Drone Ask, Drone Tell ☀
