[Peace-discuss] A Reformist Strategy to Downsize the Drone Strike Policy

["E. Wayne Johnson 朱稳森"]

Bob says it's realistic to get the CIA out of drone strikes.

It's easier to get the country out of 'Salem.
http://www.tobaccovideos.com/video/4868
It's pretty well entrenched in the country's but.

block "signature" strikeson people who are not Al Qaeda
that  blatantly violate international law.

Hey there's also that thing, the Constitution...?




On 11/27/12 6:06, Carl G. Estabrook wrote:
> On matters like this, maybe AWARE should resume writing letters (as AWARE) to our wretched representatives in the new Congress.
>
> Davis, Durbin, Kirk - they're all awful on war and the economy, and we should be telling them so with some regularity.
>
> Someone want to do a draft along the lines Bob suggests for consideration at Sunday's meeting?
>
> We could discuss it, email the results,&  put hard copies in the post on Monday.
>
> Perhaps we should make that a regular weekly action, as part of our role as a local anti-war group.
>
> A "committee of correspondence."
>
> --CGE
>
> On Nov 26, 2012, at 3:31 PM, Robert Naiman<naiman at justforeignpolicy.org>  wrote:
>
>    
>> Contrary to conventional wisdom, there are realistic and useful things
>> that Congress could do to downsize the drone strike policy: 1) get the
>> CIA out of drone strikes; 2) stop "secondary strikes" and attacks on
>> rescuers; 3) force the Administration to publicly count civilian
>> casualties; 4) force the Administration to compensate civilian
>> victims; 5) block "signature" strikes on people who are not Al Qaeda
>> that blatantly violate international law.
>>
>> http://www.huffingtonpost.com/robert-naiman/a-reformist-strategy-to-d_b_2193610.html
>>
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