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The Guys at the Console: A New Medal for Sitting Around Killing Someone Thousands of Miles Away
The Pentagon has created a new Distinguished Warfare Medal to be awarded to drone "pilots" who push a button in some building somewhere to kill a (often innocent) target many miles away, thus honoring what Leon Panetta called "the extraordinary actions that make a true difference in combat operations." In an Orwellian twist, the medal outranks the Bronze Star, which is given for heroic acts performed under fire by those who are, like, you know, actually there.
-Abby Zimet
The Pentagon has created a new Distinguished Warfare Medal to be awarded to drone "pilots" who push a button in some building somewhere to kill a (often innocent) target many miles away, thus honoring what Leon Panetta called "the extraordinary actions that make a true difference in combat operations." In an Orwellian twist, the medal outranks the Bronze Star, which is given for heroic acts performed under fire by those who are, like, you know, actually there.
-Abby Zimet
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