Drones Are Rapidly Becoming the Global Weapons of Choice
To the Point
KCRW
4.4 • 583 Ratings
🗓️ 21 May 2014
⏱️ 52 minutes
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Fast-paced national/international news and issues program, from KCRW.
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| 0:00.0 | From KCRW in Santa Monica and PRI, Public Radio International, this is To the Point. |
| 0:08.4 | Drone Warfare, fact and fiction. |
| 0:14.4 | Hello again, I'm Armin Alney, and this is To the Point from Public Radio International. |
| 0:18.4 | A daily look at the issues Americans care about most. |
| 0:21.0 | Drones are becoming the weapons of choice for America's armed forces. |
| 0:24.3 | President Obama has made them a daily reality in Pakistan, Somalia, and Yemen. |
| 0:28.6 | Richard Clark, top White House aide for three former presidents, |
| 0:31.5 | has written a novel to raise questions about the use and abuse of drone warfare. |
| 0:36.2 | What's the purpose of killing by remote control? |
| 0:38.7 | Can the U.S. save blood and treasure by making its own rules? |
| 0:42.2 | Is drone warfare so cheap and easy that unintended consequences are inevitable for better or worse? |
| 0:48.9 | Today's talking point, California won't produce a black gold mine of oil after all. |
| 0:54.9 | First, here's the news. |
| 0:59.8 | Listen to KCRW's 24-hour all-news channel. |
| 1:03.6 | Stream BBC World Service, NPR and KCRW programs. |
| 1:08.2 | Continuous coverage and accessible via our smartphone app or online at kCRw.com. |
| 1:14.5 | Support for To the Point comes from the members of KCRW and from the Public Radio International Program Fund. |
| 1:21.2 | Hello again, Warren Alney, back with To the Point. Unmanned drones will be commonplace in the wars of the future. |
| 1:26.7 | The Obama administration already is ahead of the game. |
| 1:29.5 | Richard Clark advised three former presidents and helped develop the drone program. |
| 1:33.8 | Is his latest novel Sting of the Drone, a cautionary tale or a defense of remote control killing? |
| 1:39.8 | We'll talk with him and with others. |
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