US Needs to ‘Back Away from Kill Your Way To Peace’

Since 9/11 much of US policy in the Middle East has been based on indiscriminate killing of civilians believed to be either terrorists or collaborators with terrorists.

This policy has involved targeted assassinations and the use of military drones that have resulted in thousands of deaths in countries like Afghanistan, Pakistan, Yemen and Syria.

The news source Russia Times did an interview with Jeremy Scahill based on a recent article he wrote for The Nation magazine. In this 15 minute interview Scahill talks about the US military drone strikes and the idea that the Obama administration has “normalized assassination.”