JOHN E. Sununu doesn’t question the morality of drones; he’s concerned primarily about the president’s claimed right to assassinate US citizens (“For Obama, a license to kill,” Op-ed, Feb. 19). But others have questioned many other aspects of drones, which are currently killing civilians in at least eight countries. It would be a major service to readers if your news pages offered an overview of where and how drones are used, who dies (mostly civilians), and at what cost; as well as investigating potential violations of the Constitution and of international law.
A delegation of peace activists recently traveled to Pakistan, one country in which President Obama has used drones extensively — though it’s not a country the US is even at war with — and many of those who traveled there, to meet with and apologize to civilian drone victims, are from the Boston area. Those activists have given many public presentations in the past two months on their trip and on the reality of drone warfare, with no media coverage.
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Joan, of course there's no media coverage. do you really think the liberal media in this country will tell the American people how many innocent people have been killed by our drones? Never happen. We have to have a republican in the White House in order for the media to report this issue, remember Bush was a murderer and a baby killer. Don't expect to hear from any news outlet about this issue.