Shift in Drone policy.

[Kasz216]

badgenome said:

wfz said:

Damn. The ones in Battlefield 3 can't target infantry or buildings, only ground vehicles.

 

Really though that's insane. If *anything*, why don't they just go in personally to arrest the man, bring him here, and charge him?

 

Or just...go in and shoot him secret agent style a-la James Bond?

Why an ATG? That's so overkill..

Because they don't give a fuck. What's the down side to doing it this way? No American lives are in jeopardy (unless they're on the receiving end of the bombing, that is), and any terrorist blowback it might bring will be used to justify more drone attacks in the future and further erosion of civil liberties at home. Win/win!

That is of course the other Drone policy.  Obama giving the go ahead to use drones to monitor neighberhoods.  Which a lot of people have a problem with.

To me it's no different then a police helicopter though.