Wednesday, May 16, 2012

Not in My Backyard: Neocons Worried About Drones?

Nicholas West
Activist Post

After Congress decided to formerly welcome drones to America, the FAA has announced that it will begin to integrate drones into American skies. Corporate media is finally beginning to address the unprecedented dangers of bringing drone tech into America.

In the first video, arch Neocon Charles Krauthammer espouses decidedly Libertarian concerns.  He even invokes the Founding Fathers' warning about having standing armies on American soil. Compare his comments with those of a constitutionalist like Judge Andrew Napolitano in the second video. The two make a point of agreeing that the first American who shoots a drone out of the sky will become a hero. We know that DHS has turned its focus from Al Qaeda to homegrown extremists, and would probably relish such an act of "domestic terror." Is this a clever way for Neocons to incite a situation where the wider use of drones would become acceptable under an Executive Order issued during a "time of rebellion" as Napolitano alludes to?  Or is this genuine concern that their militarism is spiraling out of control?  Or something else entirely? Please leave your comments below.






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9 comments:

citizen ron said...

USGovt can take their drones and forcibly insert them into their anuses. this will pay down the deficit; in a few days they'll have diamonds.

Anonymous said...

These people have done everything they can to turn the planet into a military camp, so I don't believe for a second that they are truly concerned. Strange to see the judge even agree with the hero comment. I think the Neocon agenda is fully invested in the future of drones, so there has to be a wider agenda here.

Anonymous said...

Domestic drones seem to be what this administration wants to use. Like the NDAA it appears the left supports the use of drones over US citizens.

Nemetron 2000 said...

So, what happens when one of these "domestic drones" has a mid-air collision with a local news helicopter, or a Life Flight medical helicopter? Whose going to be on the hook to pay for the resulting damage and lawsuits?

Where are the conservationists on this issue? It doesn't take any stretch of the imagination to see the possibility of drones smacking into some endangered bird species mid-flight, showering anyone on the ground in feathers, gore, and mangled electronics.

These drones in the skies of US cities are just one big cluster-fuck waiting to happen.

Better get out the umbrella.

Anonymous said...

"We know that DHS has turned its focus from Al Qaeda to homegrown extremists, and would probably relish such an act of "domestic terror.""

LOL! Homegrown extremists...sure, for as long as they're not Christian Fundamentalists, in that case, they're exempted. The term "homegrown extremists" only applies to dissenters, peace activists, OWS protesters, pro-Palestinian activists, etc. but not to the likes of the Right Wing nutjobs running around armed and ready to shoot women and children.

Anonymous said...

Libertarian concerns...ROFL!

Anonymous said...

Yeah, something else entirely. The neoCONs probably figured out that they can milk this for millions and that's exactly what they're setting out to do. While these types have zero brains, they have plenty of deep pockets which can never be filled with enough loot, payola, kickbacks, bribes.

Anonymous said...

I need to find who is selling rocket launchers. Drones will not be the only target.
We need about 100,000,000 people who will stand up to the Black Hitler and His Gestapo of who are Hell Bent on the Total Destruction of the US, the same as when the US blew up Iraq, Afghan,Libya, Yemen, Syria, and many other countries. This will be a war against the elitists and the Black Hitler and his Nazi Gang

Anonymous said...

Krauthammer correctly has an inkling that 8- to 10-year olds will be hacking drones and turning them against people like him, because that is exactly what is going to happen.

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