‘Thanks For Your Help, Sorry About The Drone’

According to the LA Times, the CIA has begun assembling “targeting packages” — folders containing “agent reports, cellphone intercepts, video footage, public records, tips from foreign spy services” — to assist in the planned droning of Islamic extremists (formerly known as “US allies”) in Syria. The neo-con narrative is unfortunately the one that has prevailed, as usual, thanks mostly to the mainstream media. According to this view, it is the US inaction in the Syrian conflict that has created the chaos that has allowed the foreign jihadists to enter Syria and do their dirty deeds. If only we had invaded … Continue reading ‘Thanks For Your Help, Sorry About The Drone’