Letter: What's new?  James Rudolph Trudel, Naples  Drones and
droning  Unmanned ballistic missiles aren’t anything new. They
were used by the Nazis to inflict horrendous damage on Great
Britain.  Our drones are missiles, which have internal
mechanisms to enable someone to guide the missiles to a very
specified target miles away. Due to our inability or
unwillingness to declare war, use of drones on enemies is
controversial and seems to have political overtones.  These
weapons were introduced and used by the George W. Bush
administration without much questioning by those who appear
concerned about their usage now.  Its now fashionable to carry
on and make long, drawn-out speeches on anything about drone use
by Rand Paul and other minority senators. Is this the type of
thing which should be discussed openly. It would be foolish to
discuss our strategies involving use of these weapons publicly.
Why not declare war on al-Qaida and the Taliban, which we are
unofficially at war with now? This would alleviate legit