lol Drone Pilots Get High-Ranked Medals, above Purple Hearts

[SA210]

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lol What a sick and disgusting political move to condition the masses to accept drones during controversy.


"Outgoing Defense Secretary Leon Panetta announced this week a new medal for desk-bound warriors who control killer robots responsible for the deaths of thousands in South Asia, North Africa and the Middle East.

The Distinguished Warfare Medal will recognize drone pilots for their "extraordinary achievements that directly impact on combat operations, but do not involve acts of valor or physical risks that combat entails."*

Remote pilots of unmanned drones are going to receive medals, specifically Distinguished Warfare Medals. What's more, they will outrank the Purple Heart- a medal for soldiers shot or wounded on the battlefield. Is this really deserved? Cenk Uygur breaks it down.

*Read more from Steven Hsieh/ Salon:
http://www.salon.com/2013/02/15/drone... (http://www.salon.com/2013/02/15/drone_pilots_to_receive_medals_partner/)



TYT: Drone Pilots Get High-Ranked Medals



http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=li8dbgDZ9H0

[DarrinS]

Drone obsessed.

[Blake]

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lol What a sick and disgusting political move to condition the masses to accept drones during controversy.

I would agree it's ranked way too high.

I think you're a fucking idiot for automatically putting on the tin foil hat.

conspiracy sheep. smh.

[Th'Pusher]

Drone obsessed.
Is SA210 more obsessed with drones than you are with Krugman and the "liberal media"?

[DarrinS]

Is SA210 more obsessed with drones than you are with Krugman and the "liberal media"?

Definitely.

[SA210]

Definitely.


I just think a President murdering Americans, and innocent babies should be more important. You people disagree, shows where your morals are. Thanks :tu

[boutons_deux]

"innocent babies"

As long as they are not WHITE American babies, America doesn't care.

[SA210]

"innocent babies"

As long as they are not WHITE American babies, America doesn't care.





Sadly

[LnGrrrR]

We were talking about this at work... I have no clue how this got approved at that level. Usually we understand officers writing awards for themselves, but this is a bit egregious.

[DarrinS]

I just think a President murdering Americans, and innocent babies should be more important. You people disagree, shows where your morals are. Thanks :tu


We used to just carpet bomb the fuck out of countries. I think targeted drone strikes are far more humane -- but that's just me.

[SA210]

We used to just carpet bomb the fuck out of countries. I think targeted drone strikes are far more humane -- but that's just me.


Killing humane? Signature strikes aren't exactly targeted. They just kill innocents.

Btw, A new finding just came out that only 2% of targeted drone strikes were high level terrorists.





"Michael Isikoff's Feb. 4 report on the "white paper" -- a 16-page memo that laid out, in part, the legal underpinnings that guide the Obama administration's policy of carrying out what they call "targeted killings" with drones -- ushered the use of drones back into the public consciousness."*

What do the American people really think about Obama's drone program? Do they approve of killing suspected terrorists? What if innocent people could be killed (as numbers show, the majority of drone strike casualties are)? How many people meet the definition of a "high level terrorist?" Cenk Uygur and Ben Mankiewicz break it down.

*Read more from Jason Linkins/ Huffington Post:
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/02... (http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/02/15/drone-program-poll_n_2696352.html?utm_hp_ref=politics)


TYT: Drone Strikes - Does America Approve?



http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pg4F3T_BEv4



Drone Program Poll: The Public Does Not Uncritically Embrace Targeted Killings

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/02/15/drone-program-poll_n_2696352.html?utm_hp_ref=politics

In the main, Americans are largely supportive of using drone strikes to kill "high-level terrorists." From there, however, they get wobbly:



According to the new Huffpost/YouGov poll, 56 percent of Americans say that the drone program should be used to target and kill high-level terrorists, while only 13 percent say that anyone suspected of being associated with a terrorist group should be targeted. Another 13 percent said that nobody should be killed using the drone program. A majority of Americans across most demographic and partisan groups agreed that the program should be used for high-level targets.



Naturally, there's little support for using drones to just kill any old terrorist functionary -- we're told we have a huge deficit problem, after all! And the media tends to overstate the extent to which "high-level targets" are being exclusively targeted at a high level. According to a study conducted by the New America Foundation, "only 2 percent of those killed (http://newamerica.net/node/70970) met that definition."



It's inhumane, we are mass murdering civilians, they are war crimes, this real issue should be front and center over most of other fake news.

[mouse]

Do they get the medals personalty or does a robot pinned them on?

[DMC]

You won't see any V clusters and that's about all that matters tbh

[DMC]

Killing humane? Signature strikes aren't exactly targeted. They just kill innocents.

Btw, A new finding just came out that only 2% of targeted drone strikes were high level terrorists.





TYT: Drone Strikes - Does America Approve?



http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pg4F3T_BEv4



Drone Program Poll: The Public Does Not Uncritically Embrace Targeted Killings

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/02/15/drone-program-poll_n_2696352.html?utm_hp_ref=politics

In the main, Americans are largely supportive of using drone strikes to kill "high-level terrorists." From there, however, they get wobbly:

According to the new Huffpost/YouGov poll, 56 percent of Americans say that the drone program should be used to target and kill high-level terrorists, while only 13 percent say that anyone suspected of being associated with a terrorist group should be targeted. Another 13 percent said that nobody should be killed using the drone program. A majority of Americans across most demographic and partisan groups agreed that the program should be used for high-level targets.



Naturally, there's little support for using drones to just kill any old terrorist functionary -- we're told we have a huge deficit problem, after all! And the media tends to overstate the extent to which "high-level targets" are being exclusively targeted at a high level. According to a study conducted by the New America Foundation, "only 2 percent of those killed (http://newamerica.net/node/70970) met that definition."



It's inhumane, we are mass murdering civilians, they are war crimes, this real issue should be front and center over most of other fake news.

I have a friend who services these drones in Afghanistan.

He hates big text as much as anyone tbh.

and LOL at the flight suits for running a joystick on the ground.

[Wild Cobra]

Armchair pilots shouldn't be getting medals.

[Blake]

I think they should get something for a job well done.

I bet they wouldn't disagree to getting a gift certificate to Mortons or Ruth Chris

[Juggity]

The idea of giving any awards for killing people is sick, tbh. Regardless of whether those medals are given to direct combatants or indirect combatants like drone pilots. I guess the military needs that though to convince some people they should strive to kill as many people as possible and continue to sustain recruitment levels with the promise of this petty reward.

[Blake]

If I read the military site correctly, a serviceman can even get one of these awards for thwarting cyber attacks directed towards the DoD

[TDMVPDPOY]

spends thousands in building a drone, but fits it with a 2mp camera shitter than what is on todays cellphone....lol no wonder why they cant distinguish the enemy to the population

[spursncowboys]

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[ElNono]

Maybe free beer? A medal sounds cheaper, tbh

[spursncowboys]

The idea of giving any awards for killing people is sick, tbh. Regardless of whether those medals are given to direct combatants or indirect combatants like drone pilots. I guess the military needs that though to convince some people they should strive to kill as many people as possible and continue to sustain recruitment levels with the promise of this petty reward.

You are equating killing to murder. Maybe you should google which medal exactly you get for killing people. I would love to see that. Then while you're at it, you might see that the military isn't really recruiting anymore. Fact is, with the low numbers, the people come to them. Good to see you can type without really thinking about what you are putting. Are you one of those morons that think any kind of war is wrong?

[TDMVPDPOY]

has anyone notices most of the drone strike replays or cameras are mainly black/white only? how come no color? explains why every clown is collateral

[Latarian Milton]

fighting will be as easy as playing video games in the future imho. just left click your mouse and an enemy is killed with a headshot

[redzero]

Maybe if he extends his killstreak a little bit more, he might get to control an AC-130.

[mouse]

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^ Rack!

:lmao

[DMC]

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[spursncowboys]

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[DUNCANownsKOBE]

I just think a President murdering Americans, and innocent babies should be more important. You people disagree, shows where your morals are. Thanks :tu

Remember when your morals sucked during Bush's presidency :lmao

[spursncowboys]

lF1mx-Dcek8
:lmao

[LnGrrrR]

If I read the military site correctly, a serviceman can even get one of these awards for thwarting cyber attacks directed towards the DoD

Sadly, there's no way that will ever get to an actual cyber operator that's probably inputting the commands. If anything, it will go to that squadron's commander.

[LnGrrrR]

The idea of giving any awards for killing people is sick, tbh. Regardless of whether those medals are given to direct combatants or indirect combatants like drone pilots. I guess the military needs that though to convince some people they should strive to kill as many people as possible and continue to sustain recruitment levels with the promise of this petty reward.

That's not really the point... but armies throughout history have given medals for valor, bravery, etc etc. It's just something that goes along with the military. *shrug* There might be some armies out there that don't have awards for that stuff, but I'd be surprised.