This is Not Good

Exclusive: Iran hijacked US drone, says Iranian engineer

After reading through this article, I think I believe the Iranians. I don't know everything about how the GPS spoofing problem works, but the sort of vulnerability that the Iranians claim they took advantage of makes sense. And, they have the drone, intact. What doesn't make sense is how our guys knew about this but did not design around it.

The Iranians are not idiots. Neither are any of the other peoples around the world. Yeah, their countries suck, smell bad, and aren't as nice and pretty as the U.S. or Europe, but that doesn't mean they are stupid. "White Man's Burden" led us to think we're smarter than the rest of the world. That is not true, we (Europeans) just got to the modern level before everyone else, thanks to the Renaissance and the Industrial Revolution. We forget that the Romans and the Greeks were not the only advanced ancient civilizations either, and that much of European advancement came after exposure to the Chinese thanks to Marco Polo. Given that, it should not surprise us that the yellow, brown, and black men of the world are able to catch up.

So is Ron Paul naive to think that we should deal with Iran and not "pre-emptively" strike them to "prevent" them from nuking up? Or do we want to start World War III?

A WW3 in which our GPS guided munitions are redirected to fall on our own heads...