The accelerating drone strikes are only one aspect of the emerging covert operations that were once a minor arrow in the national security quiver, " The Nation" writer Cole states, but today are "the cutting edge of American power."
"Drone strikes, electronic surveillance and stealth engagements by military units such as the Joint Special Operations Command, as well as dependence on private corporations, mercenary armies and terrorist groups, are now arguably more common as tools of U.S. foreign policy than conventional warfare or diplomacy," Cole writes.
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