Recent disclosures that the CIA is setting up a ring of secret bases for its unmanned aerial vehicles in the Middle East and the Horn of Africa signal a sharp escalation in the U.S. wars against terror.
But they also underline how the United States is increasingly focusing on advanced technology to wage their array of conflicts -- six at the last count -- at a distance, and how the leading U.S. spy agency has become militarized and, in the words of one veteran agent, "one hell of a killing machine."
For many in these regions, U.S. reliance on clandestine operations and robot weapons underlines how the United States is expanding its global chain of military bases -- more than 850 of all sizes in 40 countries at the last count -- even as its power is on the wane.
The intensity of the drone war, particularly in Pakistan, has escalated sharply under U.S. President Barack Obama and been extended to Yemen and Somalia.
With retired U.S. Army Gen. David Petraeus, hero of Iraq and Afghanistan and author of the U.S. military's counterinsurgency manual, now running the CIA, it's likely the operational tempo in the drone campaign is going to be stepped up further. more
But they also underline how the United States is increasingly focusing on advanced technology to wage their array of conflicts -- six at the last count -- at a distance, and how the leading U.S. spy agency has become militarized and, in the words of one veteran agent, "one hell of a killing machine."
For many in these regions, U.S. reliance on clandestine operations and robot weapons underlines how the United States is expanding its global chain of military bases -- more than 850 of all sizes in 40 countries at the last count -- even as its power is on the wane.
The intensity of the drone war, particularly in Pakistan, has escalated sharply under U.S. President Barack Obama and been extended to Yemen and Somalia.
With retired U.S. Army Gen. David Petraeus, hero of Iraq and Afghanistan and author of the U.S. military's counterinsurgency manual, now running the CIA, it's likely the operational tempo in the drone campaign is going to be stepped up further. more
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