{"id":1872,"date":"2008-11-21T19:57:32","date_gmt":"2008-11-21T23:57:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blacknell.net\/dynamic\/?p=1872"},"modified":"2008-11-21T19:57:32","modified_gmt":"2008-11-21T23:57:32","slug":"security-theater-that-matters","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blacknell.net\/dynamic\/2008\/11\/21\/security-theater-that-matters\/","title":{"rendered":"Security Theater (That Matters)"},"content":{"rendered":"

Pakistan’s Army is practising shooting down unmanned drones<\/a>.\u00c2\u00a0 You know, like the US military uses.\u00c2\u00a0 The Danger Room story notes:<\/p>\n

The U.S. and Pakistan supposedly have a “don’t ask, don’t tell<\/a>” agreement when it comes to killer drone strikes on militant camps inside the country: American officials stay mum about the attacks, and their counterparts in Islamabad only complain a little — while sneaking peeks at the drone surveillance feeds<\/a>.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Here’s hoping that that’s the case.\u00c2\u00a0 As I have said here – over and over again, I know – I don’t think there’s any role that the US can usefully play in the stabilising of Pakistan.\u00c2\u00a0 At the same time, I don’t begrudge the US taking very narrowly targeted action in certain cases (e.g., 110% verified, high value, strategic targets taking advantage of Pakistan’s borders).\u00c2\u00a0 No matter what, however, I think it is essential that the US not be seen as meddling in Pakistan’s internal affairs (which was one of the many reasons I was disappointed with Obama on the subject of Pakistan during the campaign).\u00c2\u00a0 If it takes a bit of lying on everyone’s part, that’s okay.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Pakistan’s Army is practising shooting down unmanned drones.\u00c2\u00a0 You know, like the US military uses.\u00c2\u00a0 The Danger Room story notes: The U.S. and Pakistan supposedly have a “don’t ask, don’t tell” agreement when it comes to killer drone strikes on militant camps inside the country: American officials stay mum about the attacks, and their counterparts […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_exactmetrics_skip_tracking":false,"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"activitypub_content_warning":"","activitypub_content_visibility":"","activitypub_max_image_attachments":4,"activitypub_interaction_policy_quote":"anyone","activitypub_status":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[6,3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1872","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-policy","category-society"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t