Drone strikes

The American bombing of alleged terrorists — and, quite often, civilians — using remote-controlled flying robots. To ‘drone on’ is to be boring, so perhaps talk of ‘drone strikes’ also anaesthetizes the mind and helps obscure the bloody reality.

Poll finds that Americans support ‘drone strikes’ on foreigners but not on themselves

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