Drones Patrolling Mexican Border

There are several reports in the news that unmanned aircraft are now patrolling the entire border with Mexico, all the way from the Pacific Ocean to the Atlantic. So what is their mission?

Are they carrying missiles so that they can shoot and kill drug smugglers, gun runners, or human traffickers? This is how it is done in Pakistan. If some anonymous American government bureaucrat thinks that some dark skinned foreign person is a bad guy, then it is OK to just go right ahead and kill him, and maybe a few of the women and children around him too. No need for any of that liberal or progressive nonsense like the courts or the constitution.

In Afghanistan-Pakistan they are fighting the undeclared war against terrorism, and here in the USA on the border with Mexico we are fighting Ronald Raygun's undeclared war against drugs.

Or maybe the mission of these drones is utterly humanitarian. Try to spot people crossing the long hot desert on foot who may die from dehydration. This way humanitarian water can be delivered to them by helicopter, jeep, or ATV. Somehow I doubt that this is part of the government's reason for flying these drones around.

I guess the primary mission must be to enrich the companies which makes and maintains the drones. It also makes the remote control drone drivers and their joy sticks seem more important and gives them a bit more job security. The racist Republicans are also using this issue to try and make Obama look bad and the GOP look good.

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