we are creating more enemies than we are removing from the battlefield
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trying to subdue the animals in the middle is counterproductive.
make the interventionists fund their own charities
On Jun 8, 11:15 am, MJ <micha...@america.net> wrote:
> Ex-CIA Official Says Drone Attacks Create Terrorists and Safe HavensPosted byMichael S. Rozeffon June 8, 2012 09:29 AM
> Theex-CIA man has stature in his work. He "headed the CIA's counter-terrorism center from 2004 to 2006 and was previously a CIA station chief in Pakistan."
> He (Robert Grenier) said "We have gone a long way down the road of creating a situation where we are creating more enemies than we are removing from the battlefield. We are already there with regards to Pakistan and Afghanistan."
> The article states "recent media revelations about Obama's programme have revealed a more widespread use of the strike capability, including the categorising of all military-age males in a strike zone of a target as militants. " This, which was news to me, is beyond unacceptable.
> Grenier explained: "That brings you to a place where young men, who are typically armed, are in the same area and may hold these militants in a certain form of high regard. If you strike them indiscriminately you are running the risk of creating a terrific amount of popular anger. They have tribes and clans and large families. Now all of a sudden you have a big problem … I am very concerned about the creation of a larger terrorist safe haven in Yemen."
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