You, me and anyone else might reasaonbly feel that such action should be illegal, that it broke all sorts of treaties and understandings about behaviour between nations. However, the US (and UK), as an Imperial power, feels obliged to act because these people are being defiant.

Defiance is the greatest crime because it is a challenge to our sovereignty, which cannot be allowed to endure. Hubris awaits

keep to the Fen Causeway

concern is spreading. Another GOP freshman, Rep. Austin Scott, said he first learned of the issue when someone shouted out a question about drones at a Republican Party meeting in his Georgia district two months ago.

The level of apprehension is especially high in the conservative blogosphere, where headlines blare, "30,000 Armed Drones to be Used Against Americans" and "Government Drones Set to Spy on Farms in the United States." When Virginia Gov. Bob McDonnell, a Republican, suggested during an interview on Washington radio station WTOP last month that drones be used by police since they've done such a good job on foreign battlefields, the political backlash was swift. NetRightDaily complained: "This seems like something a fascist would do. ... McDonnell isn't pro-Big Government, he is pro-HUGE Government."

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