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LibLink…Paddy Ashdown: If you’re opposed to drones, then think again

In Liberal Democrat circles, when Barack Obama is discussed, it’s generally agreed that he’s doing a grand job except for the not insignificant matter of the extra-judicial killings and the use of unmanned drone attacks.

Paddy Ashdown has expressed a different view writing in today’s Times describing drones as the most “democratic” weapon ever invented.

As a lifelong peace-loving hippy, you’d expect that I would have been the first to head Paddy’s advice:

 war is a revolting practice and cannot be discussed without using revolting words. So the squeamish and those morally offended by all violence should look away now.

I didn’t, though. Partly …

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    Eddie, Just to note that the EU does not have tax competency, as the network of Double Taxation Agreements is based on OECD collaboration.
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    Eddie, I suspect that you have slightly missed the point here, having been led astray by the article. One of the key difficulties facing national...
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    And Mr. Sammon, your answer is?
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    I agree with Stuart Mitchell's forthright contribution. I recall that some years ago there was a claim that more sex education was required in schools...
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