CHAPTER 44Who Are Today’s Jackals?
“I was walking along a street in the village where my grandparents live [in Pakistan],” said Jafar, a student I met in Istanbul, where I was speaking at a business conference. “Suddenly, the building next to me exploded. Hit by a missile from a drone. People ran out, screaming. A woman carrying her baby was on fire. I rushed to her, took her baby, and told her to roll on the ground.” His eyes filled with tears. “She survived, but many people died. Many.”
That drone was controlled by a new breed of jackal. As I listen to people like Jafar, and as I read reports about drone strikes, I am filled with feelings that ...
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