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Title: Why "targeted killing " by the U.S. and other governments is extremely useless
Post by: AllPurposeAtheist on April 29, 2015, 01:41:09 PM
Andrew Cockburn of The Nation magazine explains why and spells it out..It's almost alalogous to cutting down the biggest trees in the forest so the smaller trees can flourish..
http://m.thenation.com/article/205505-targeted-killings-are-drug-dealers-best-friend
Title: Re: Why "targeted killing " by the U.S. and other governments is extremely useless
Post by: Solitary on May 05, 2015, 11:28:20 AM
But look how good it worked for the military taking out the chiefs in Native America, that is until they used germ warfare. Solitary 
Title: Re: Why "targeted killing " by the U.S. and other governments is extremely useless
Post by: Mike Cl on May 05, 2015, 11:51:14 AM
Quote from: AllPurposeAtheist on April 29, 2015, 01:41:09 PM
Andrew Cockburn of The Nation magazine explains why and spells it out..It's almost alalogous to cutting down the biggest trees in the forest so the smaller trees can flourish..
http://m.thenation.com/article/205505-targeted-killings-are-drug-dealers-best-friend
It seems like when the US govt declares 'war' on something that it will never end.  The war on drugs is a great example.  It is not possible to win.  Not only that, the enforcement agencies have no interest in winning that war--then they will be jobless.  The same with the war on terror.  It will never end, for we have grown a huge structure to fight it--it will make sure we never win it.  As long as the govt has several 'wars' going on, corporate America is rolling in money.