October 13

Robots with Wings

"Good news. On this day in the year 2011 the world's military brass announced that drones could continue killing people.

"These pilotless planes, crewed by no one, flown by remote control, are in good health: the virus that attacked them was only a passing bother.

"As of now, drones have dropped their rain of bombs on defenseless victims in Afghanistan, Iraq, Pakistan, Libya, Yemen and Palestine, and their services are expected in other countries.

"In the Age of the Almighty Computer, drones are the perfect warriors. They kill without remorse, obey without kidding around, and they never reveal the names of their masters."