08 Feb 2013
More Federal Cutbacks
Drone Strikes, Federal Budget, Post Office, Satire
Citing budgetary concerns, the United States announced today that it would discontinue regular Saturday drone strikes on U.S. citizens, beginning in 2014.
In announcing the decision, the White House spokesman Jay Carney acknowledged that the cutback in drone service was “bound to be controversial.†“In the United States, we’ve always prided ourselves on our ability to target our citizens with drone strikes, Monday through Saturday, regardless of the weather,†he said. “We know that losing Saturday drone service is going to take some getting used to.â€