With many thanks for the kind mention in his Politics Blog at Esquire.com, dated September 2, 2010:
… Drones are just one of our tools. You can argue their practical merits and the morality of their use. But it is naked idiocy to trust them alone to “turn the tide” or “put the enemy on the run” or “bring our boys home” or justify any other jolly stock phrase. Count me in Chet Richards’s camp, instead: the power of drones is as likely to induce hubris in ourselves as acquiescence in terrorists. Regarding which, I’m reminded of an unjolly stock phrase that actually rings true: pride goeth before a fall.
Unfortunately, the link to my piece got gomered up in Tim’s original blog; the link above should work.
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