Tactics make us more like our enemies
Re “CIA Expands Use of Drones in Terror War,” Jan. 29
Your front-page article on the CIA drones shows our officials and experts dwelling on the legalistic and logistical minutiae of using flying robots to snuff out human life on the other side of the world while ignoring the obvious strategic and ethical dead ends to which it leads.
Common sense should tell us that even if we do manage to “whack” a couple of bad guys once in a while, along with a dozen or so women and children, this kind of action merely guarantees that an untold number of America-hating militants will rise to take their place.
Not only are we creating more enemies, we ourselves are becoming more and more like our enemy.
When will we realize that, by betraying our own American values, we’re only destroying our own American soul?
DON PEARCE
Redondo Beach
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