ABSTRACT
In the midst of a presidential campaign labeled “one of the nastiest and most personal of modern times” (Cordes, 2012, para. 2), so bad that it will “take time and great effort for the winner to drain the poison from the system” (Balz, 2012, para. 9), the 2012 presidential candidates were able to fi nd some agreement when Governor Mitt Romney was asked about President Obama’s drone policy:
It’s widely reported that drones are being used in drone strikes and I support that entirely and feel the president was right to up the usage of that technology and believe that we should continue to use it, continue to go after people who pose a threat to this nation and to our friends.
