Drones are fool's gold: they prolong wars we can't win
• http://www.guardian.co, Simon JenkinsNew appointments in the White House hail an era of hands-free warfare. Yet these weapons induce not defeat, but retaliation
New appointments in the White House hail an era of hands-free warfare. Yet these weapons induce not defeat, but retaliation

Drones are part of a test. They are part of a POWER test being done by the Power Elite.
The PE know that there is a certain small percent of people who don't care. They don't care about country. They don't care about family. All they care about is money.
Drones are part of an active test that is deploying some of these callous people. More are needed. But since there are only a few percentage-wise, they will be too thin numbers-wise to spread throughout all the PE manufacturing facilities and operations in the PE fight for world domination.
Drones are quasi-robots. Robotics isn't far enough along so that a complete robot drone, or a robot-run manufacturing center, or a robot-operated mining operation, or an entirely robot-run anything is effective. So, the few callous people along with the robots, will be able to do the things that the PE need done to win the world.
The drones are a test. The PE is far enough along with their human-robot program, that they can use actively, effective drones, both as a test for future development, while at the same time starting to achieve the goals of Power Elite world conquest. And what better place to do the tests than the Middle East and Far East, where the American public are divided on the ethics and morals of such a drone program.