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Drones are justified

Wed., Jan. 15, 2014

With sadness, I read that another soldier has been killed by an IED (improvised explosive device). I would like to suggest that the U.S. Army tell terrorists that when they quit using IEDs, suicide bombers, car bombs and rogue police and army officers to kill American soldiers, we will stop using drones to eliminate them.

Until then, as my grandpa used to say, “All’s fair in love and war.”

Neil Schwaiger

Moses Lake

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