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Waging Remote-Control War - Predator Pilots [Digital_Nation] What effect does remote war have on those at the controllers? P.W. Singer is the author of Wired for War, and an expert in military technology. In the past year, under pressure from citizens, the Pakistani government has publicly protested the U.S. use of UAVs while simultaneously requesting control of the planes. Controversy surrounding the use of UAVs has mounted, with critics faulting the UAV campaign for alienating Pakistani citizens and providing recruitment propaganda for the Taliban. The tension has continued to build as the Pakistani Army begins to take on the Taliban near the capital, Islamabad. The CIA and the military do not confirm UAV missile strikes in Pakistan, but some reports claim that up to 370 people have been killed since UAV attacks intensified in August 2008. A recent LA Times Op-Ed quotes a counterinsurgency official claiming the elimination of 14 senior Al Qaeda operatives by UAV attacks since 2006. The official places the civilian death toll during this time at around 700. http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/digitalnation/waging-war/remote-control-war/taking-out-the-taliban-home-for-dinner.html Conservative estimates are that for every 1 militant killed by drone strikes in Pakistan 10 civilians are killed on average. Civilian to combatant casualty ratio of 10:1. Other estimates have a much higher rate of civilians killed. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Drone_attacks_in_Pakistan _casualties Number of Drone Strikes: 336 (Min) Number Killed: 1,879 (Max) Number Killed: 3,240 (As of 24th July 2012) That's nearly the number of people killed on 9/11, should the Pakistani people view Obama as many in America view Osama, and rejoice if he (or any president that continues what seems to obviously amount to terrorism) is killed? Obama: Predator Drones: Joking over innocent deaths? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sTHrjfZ12Hw Bush: No WMD's In Iraq Afterall: What's so funny? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z0TnqUlB4Gg Pakistan Demands End To US Drone Attacks May 14, 2011 http://www.prisonplanet.com/pakistan-demands-end-to-us-drone-attacks.html "60-70% of Army Video Game Simulation Technology in Our Kids Homes Today", (like CryEngine 3) ----Military contractor, Intelligent Decisions Director, Floyd West http://youtu.be/ZUeP2i-VVyg US Army spending $57 million on military simulator using CryEngine 3 http://www.vg247.com/2011/05/27/us-army-spending-57-million-on-military-simulator-using-cryengine-3/ "It's a great training product. I've had 'em link the Xboxes together and the sergeant will actually train his teams with the Modern Warfare game." ---- Call of Duty representative, lead military adviser, lieutenant colonel, Hank Keirsey http://youtu.be/J14wdIsyYqk GamePro:Games are most effective Army recruitment tool http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qawe8R9LFc4 RECRUITING CHILDREN INTO THE US MILITARY Pentagon's Child Recruiting Strategy http://www.ringnebula.com/Oil/recruiting-children.htm (six in ten current US soldiers entered the military as teenagers) Project Censored 2009 - Recruitment Toolbox: Movies, Toys, TV, And Computer Games http://img6.imagebanana.com/img/tfic6w29/ProjectCensoreRecruitingyourchildren.png After You Play, Before You Enlist! Army PR & Video Games (@ Elementary Schools)! http://youtu.be/IpEzhmYJqsI Politics and Hollywood's images are linked. They reinforce one another. Policy enforces mythical images; mythical images help enforce policy. Jack Valenti, president of the Motion Picture Association of America, has said, quote, "Washington and Hollywood spring from the same DNA," end-quote. - JACK SHAHEEN, director of Reel Bad Arabs http://youtu.be/H8ib2XuxkK8 RETURNING FIRE: Interventions in Video Game Culture http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL6C7789075C00895A Do Violent Games Change Kids Brain? http://forums.gametrailers.com/viewtopic.php?f=20&t=1268773 1 Corinthians 15:33 Be not deceived: evil communications corrupt good manners. http://youtu.be/watch?v=z-88Ntc_DZA Psalm 11:5 The Lord trieth the righteous: but the wicked and him that loveth violence his soul hateth. Psalm 34:14 Depart from evil, and do good; seek peace, and pursue it. http://linkbun.ch/fl90 ____