President Barack "Skynet" Obama and the height of hypocrisy

Wow! And they actually said this with a straight face:

(Reuters) - President Barack Obama, who vastly expanded U.S. drone strikes against terrorism suspects overseas under the cloak of secrecy, is now openly seeking to influence global guidelines for their use as China and other countries pursue their own drone programs.

The United States was the first to use unmanned aircraft fitted with missiles to kill militant suspects in the years after the September 11, 2001, attacks on New York and Washington.
But other countries are catching up. China's interest in unmanned aerial vehicles was displayed in November at an air show . According to state-run newspaper Global Times, China had considered conducting its first drone strike to kill a suspect in the 2011 murder of 13 Chinese sailors, but authorities decided they wanted the man alive so they could put him on trial.

"People say what's going to happen when the Chinese and the Russians get this technology? The president is well aware of those concerns and wants to set the standard for the international community on these tools," said Tommy Vietor, until earlier this month a White House spokesman.

Just let it sink in for a moment: having refused for an extended period to acknowledge the existence of our drone program, President Skynet now wants to impose rules on the other countries getting into the act.

Wait for it: Terminators will be here soon.

Comments

mynym said…

People romanticize everything but it'll be mundane once it has been around for a while. Something like, "Hey there's the drone swarm picking someone up." "Yeah, I bet he's a criminal... probably one of those people that grows marijuana or somethin'." Etc.

March 19, 2013 at 4:07 PM

tom said…

http://news.cnet.com/8301-13578_3-57575863-38/anti-drone-revolt-prompts-push-for-new-federal-state-laws/

March 31, 2013 at 3:41 PM

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