war crimes - 'committing crimes and calling it war, '

These are war crimes.  4700 of them.  Passing the crimes off as collateral damage in a war will not do. 

US Senator: I Support Drone Program That Has Killed 4,700 "Innocent People"

Republican from South Carolina becomes first elected official to impart government's estimate of civilians killed by US drones abroad

- Jon Queally, staff writer

Becoming the first elected government official to publicly state an estimated number of "innocent people" killed in US drone attacks overseas, Sen. Lindsey Graham told a local crowd in his home state of South Carolina that "We've killed 4,700."

“Sometimes you hit innocent people, and I hate that, but we're at war," said Sen Lindsey Graham (R-SC).Speaking to a group of Rotarians at a forum in Easley, South Carolina, Graham responded to question about drones by saying, "Sometimes you hit innocent people, and I hate that, but we're at war, and we've taken out some very senior members of Al-Qaeda."

His remarks, reported by the local Easley Patch, included a defense of the use of drones despite their propensity to kill innocent bystanders, including women and children.

“I didn't want him to have a trial,” Graham stated, refering to a US citizen, Anwar Al-Awlaki, who was assassinated in Yemen by a missile from a US drone in 2011.

“We're not fighting a crime, we're fighting a war," Graham said. "I support the president's ability to make a determination as to who an enemy combatant is. It's never been done by judges before. I support the drone program.”

Graham also in his comments that in addition to his support for the drone war overseas, he also supported further use of the technology within the US.

“I don't want to arm them, but we need drones along the border so we can really control illegal immigration,” Graham told his constituents.

http://www.commondreams.org/headline/2013/02/21-0