Drones

It's the drones, stupid! As the mainstream media asks silly questions about the Muslim world, like "why do they hate us?" it's becoming increasingly obvious that drone warfare is the real problem. On the heels of a new report by Stanford and New York University law professors that exposed the thousands of people killed in drone strikes in Pakistan and the link between these strikes and anti-American sentiment, a foreign leader is coming out and drawing the same conclusions. In a recent speech in New York, the Pakistani Foreign Minister blamed the drones for anti-American sentiment in her country. She said, "The use of unilateral strikes on Pakistani territory is illegal. It is illegal and it is unlawful...As the drones fly over the territory of Pakistan, it becomes an American war..." It's not difficult to understand that if you're trying to win a hearts and minds struggle in the Middle East, incessantly hovering lethal drones above those same hearts and minds is a bad idea...and a war crime, too.