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The Rise Of The Drones


Predator kills seven on Pakistani side of the Afghan border, the first (known) strike since Obama took over.

There was a big hubbub in the campaign when Obama vowed to strike into Pakistan if necessary to kill terrorist leaders, but in fact this sort of thing has been S.O.P. for a while--and may even allow us to keep terrorists on the run in Waziristan and Afghanistan without a huge and possibly counterproductive troop presence in the region.   

--Michael Crowley