Drones started the Vietnam War, this is nothing new.

The military, Air Force I suppose, used to call it "The Big Orange."

It is new to average Americans. The large aircraft is a DC-130H. The small aircraft is a unmanned spy drone. 

The Gulf of Tonkin incident in 1964 that started the Vietnam War was as a worry to the USA because "Big Orange" crashed in China and the Chinese published pictures of the downed aircraft. Oops.

It was orange so it could be validated in flight as well as radar. There is very little color orange in any horizon when flying an aircraft.

The USA military has been using unmanned drone aircraft as spy planes since the 1950s. It was the same time when the USA military developed the internet. The problem today is that now they are armed with munitions.  

The Gulf of Tonkin incident was a spy mission gone wrong and gave LBJ 'the reason' he needed to declare a war that should never have occurred.

So, oops, four Americans are dead by a USA unmanned armed drone because they were in a war threater. How many Americans that sought jihad in Pakistan, Afghanistan and otherwise are dead because of bullets and bombs today? It just seems as though no one actually knows that number. 

The current complaints about the USA drone program is that the local sheriff has the capacity to use them now and they are known to kill Americans in foreign lands. So, will an American in the USA be killed by drones on their own soil? Oops.

The Vietnam War killed over 50,000 Americans and estimated to have killed over one million Vietnamese. Today the Culture of Fear for 'self' sparks all kinds of issues for Americans. It is a lot of fun for those that benefit from the Culture of Fear. There is always an issue that can spark hatred of government and benefit Republicans.

You know what I wonder? I am sure no one really cares. Why didn't the Associated  Press report on Big Orange before the invasion into Vietnam happened? I suppose it was classified. But, hey the Press always does what is best for Americans and war was best.

So, now, the Obama Administration is admitting four Americans in a war zone died in what is basically enemy territory by drone strike. What are the chances of that, huh?

When the Press whips up the fear and anger with their government this time, they should tell them how many American and NATO soldiers Kenan killed, too. It wasn't as though he was innocent, now is it?

Considering the picture it is obvious whom was his hero and considering he was probably bringing guns from the USA to Pakistan, I would say his American Freedom served him well. The thing is this, was he radicalized in Raleigh or Pakistan? I think the that is obvious. Does he have a family that actually cares about him? I think not.

The title should read, "Four Radicalized Americans Killed by American Drones, Right or Wrong?"

By SCOTT SHANE and ERIC SCHMITT

Published: May 22, 2013

WASHINGTON — When Jude Kenan Mohammad (click here) was about 18 and living in Raleigh, N.C., according to people who knew him, he came under the influence of an older man, Daniel Patrick Boyd, who taught him a violent, radical version of Islam....

In all honesty though, if Americans are in their personal civil rights bubble while carrying out war against their nation they become more powerful facilitated by laws that are awaiting their trial. If Americans can be denied their Miranda Rights in the USA and detained, what is the difference?

Considering this is a military operation now and not a civil operation, to make it moral and 'military legal' there needs to be a court martial or court hearing in abstentia. I suppose it is like a bad marriage, the results of the trial can be published in all the pertinent newspapers. It would give the American public a way of knowing if there are mistakes made. It is an American civilian after all and the USA military should not be operating against their own people. There needs to be a legal military mandate for the operation when it involved Americans.

The entire operation under the CIA was completely "W"rong. It provided Black Sites for torture that resulted in faux information. That information, good or bad, could then immediately be used to target a person for 'death by drone.' There was no command structure, no fitting in to the overall military operation and absolutely no respect for human life no matter the citizenship. The CIA program was wrong when it comes to armed drones. Hopefully, the military will do better with it.