The U.S. is estimated to have killed up to 2,200 civilians in drone warfare against militant targets. “In most cases, the government is not killing the people it suspects it's killing,” @attackerman tells @mehdirhasan. “And may not know who it is killing at all."

Jul 29, 2021 · 2:27 PM UTC

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But let’s lock up whistle blowers for telling the truth to the American people & to the world our government is a terrorist organization!
2200 seems like an incredibly low estimate
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One of the appeals to the right from Reagan’s Star Wars fantasies was powerful space-based lasers that could strike anywhere like the hand of god. The lasers didn’t materialize, but drones gave them a more conventional shortcut. They’re unlikely to relinquish that kind of power.
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