I just think it looks like a badger head. A honey badger in a tree. DEATH FROM ABOVE!!!

DEATH FROM ABOVE!!!

Terrorism at its finest/ death from above. Fair or not, that's all i think of when i see these things.

DEATH FROM ABOVE!

*promote Peregrine death from above

One day he's going to do this to the wrong kind of squirrel, and while he's standing there cackling and congratulating himself on another of man's triumphs over nature, the squirrel is going to unfurl her little arm flaps, perform a graceful 180 degree bank and enter a steep high-speed dive, razor-sharp incisors leading, and screaming death from above as she homes in on her new found nutty prey.

Kinetic energy is their ally. Never forget.

That approximation of civilian casualties alone is reason enough to question the intent of this video: objective journalism or propaganda?

Add the "almost supernatural effectiveness" or the grossly misleading "inherent right to self-defence under international law" and I'm inclined to say that this is a disgusting propaganda piece.

When he emphasized the "humane" behaviour of operators (let the children leave before pulling the trigger) and the insinuation that victims of drone attacks are actually thankful for it, well that's just icing on the cake.


What he fails to mention:

-- low rate of civilian casualties: every male of fighting age in the target area is now considered a militant, so everything you hit is a target, unless there is concrete intelligence to prove otherwise, posthumously.

-- pinpoint accuracy: UAVs hit their targets, but the targets themselves are defined as such by piss-poor intelligence or no intelligence at all.

-- guilt by proximity: if you are near a suspect or, generally speaking, in a strike-zone, your mere presence makes you a suspect yourself, as defined by the Obama administration. Now try to square this definition with previous accusations that terrorists embed themselves into the civilian population.

-- double-tap: again, your mere presence at the site of a strike, even if your intent is to provide medical assistance, turns you into a target (eg Collateral Murder). And better stay away from funerals as well, or else they send you a present.

-- US citizens Anwar al-Awlaki, Abdulrahman al-Awlaki and Samir Khan were intentionally killed by drone strikes, without trial.

-- collateral damage: when you kill a person's family, you provide that person with a non-ideological reason to fight the US, a personal vendetta. Recent drone attacks in Yemen increased the numbers of AQAP members by killing civilians left, right and center.

-- covert killings, proxy warfare: the use of UAVs, particularly in Pakistan, Somalia and Yemen, reminds us of the good old days. Death from above or how I learned to love the drone.

>> ^radx:

4:05 --- is that a Mohawk? Haven't seen one of those in almost 20 years.


Here I was thinking the Connie was the only tri-tail.

Any reference to "Death From Above" is alright in my book!

Death from above.

Note: not in order

1 - Ten - Pearl Jam
2 - By The Way - Red Hot Chili Peppers
3 and 4 - Songs for the Deaf/Era Vulgaris - Queens of the Stone Age
5 - Dark Side of the Moon - Pink Floyd
6 and 7 - Old World Underground, Where are you Now?/Live It Out - Metric
8 - Around the Fur - Deftones
9 - You're A Woman, I'm a Machine - Death From Above 1979
10 to 13 - Moving Pictures/Power Windows/Signals/Hemispheres - Rush
14 - Offend Maggie - Deerhoof
15 - Crystal Castles - Crystal Castles
16 and 17 - Absolution/Black Holes and Revelations - Muse
18 to 20 - Dookie/Warning/Nimrod - Green Day
21 and 22 - Good News for People Who Love Bad News/We Were Dead Before the Ship Even Sank - Modest Mouse
23 to 27 - Guero/Mutations/Midnite Vultures/Sea Change/Odelay - Beck
28 - Revelations - Audioslave
29 - Aqualung - Jethro Tull
30 - Echoes, Silence, Patience and Grace - Foo Fighters
31 - Rise and Fall, Rage and Grace - The Offspring
32 - The Blue Album - Weezer
33 - The Slip - Nine Inch Nails
34 and 35 - The Shepard's Dog/Our Endless Numbered Days - Iron and Wine
36 - You Forgot It In People - Broken Social Scene
37 - Something for Everyone - BSS presents: Brendan Canning
38 - Welcome To the Night Sky - Wintersleep
39 - You In Reverse - Built To Spill
40 - Franz Ferdinand - Franz Ferdinand

And now for the Extra Credit 8!

41 to 43 Kill the Moonlight/Gimme Fiction/Ga Ga Ga Ga Ga - Spoon
44 - Discovery - Daft Punk
45 and 46 - Piece of Cake/The Lucky Ones - Mudhoney
47 - Atlas - Battles
48 - Oracular Spectacular - MGMT

First!

>> ^dag:
Hmmm, well an arial shot of buildings from 5,000 feet doesn't qualify as "explicit" for me. We should also consider the broader context - are these really being displayed for entertainment or to bring war atrocities to light? For me it would be the latter.


Ah we are getting somewhere... 5000 feet death from above is OK.
500 feet of a freeway accident is NO NO.

Clearly the UAV war porn is NOT WAR CRIME footage as it is release by the US military or IDF and fills a certain niche in war porn circles. It is a kill all them muslim type entertainment and you are completely daft if you don't realize that is what it is.

What about Blackwater soldiers driving down the street shooting people? Maybe we only see cars swerve of the road and do not see pederstrians biting it, but hey, they deserved it right, they were probably setting up IADs. (did this video stick??)

So the limit is...
BUILDINGS DAMAGED -- YES
CARS DAMAGED -- NO

Please update the FAQ

Heh, the rabbit was awesome. I've never seen snakes climb trees like that. We have rattlers around here and they're scary enough when you happen to come across them when they're sunning themselves on the hiking trail. The idea of one dropping down "death from above"-style is kinda freaking me out.

aloha. if that avatar is a self-portrait, you should eat something.

oh, and i answered your question...

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Did they bomb a red cross tent at 1:19?

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