weapons

This is a nod to the Christian Science Monitor. As a subscriber for nearly 35 years, following my service as a conscientious objector in Lebanon where John Cooley was reporting from at the time, I’ve watched it go through many changes. The latest is to “a weekly of global news and ideas.” This week’s issue, the fourth or fifth in its new format, opened a window into the evil of warfare that took my breathe away, though it told me little I didn’t already know. It was the trick of the good correspondent, in this case Dan Murphy, to find just the right quotes to give the story its “lifeline.”

The story was titled “Drones as weapons of war” (volume 101/ Issue 90, p. 12).

Drones’ great advantage is that they keep pilots and soldiers out of harm’s way. They are also much cheaper to fly than conventional planes.

During the past few days, two powerful Western presidents – Nicholas Sakorzy of France and George W. Bush here in the U.S. – have made extremely strong and concerning statements about Iran.