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Why Drones Have Become The Weapon Of Choice
Why Drones Have Become The Weapon Of Choice
By Danny Schechter
Source: Paltalk.comSaturday, April 28, 2012
http://www.zcommunications.org/why-drones-have-become-the-weapon-of-choice-by-danny-schechter
Its easy to understand why presidents, politicians and the military love robots. They dont talk back. They follow orders. You press a button and they kill, kill, kill. They are considered so efficient, so surgical and so deadly..
It's all science fiction turned science faction.'
Robots and drones dont burn Korans or pose with the heads of their captives. Theres no drama, only total destruction.
And thats why drone warfare has become such a weapon of choice. You have video game jockeys sitting on their asses in front of consoles of digital displays at an Air Force base outside Las Vegas, targeting houses in Afghanistan. After a couple of quick kills, they take the rest of the day off
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Why Drones Have Become The Weapon Of Choice (Original Post)
polly7
Apr 2012
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msongs
(67,394 posts)1. hey it's easy! you're not violating your religion's 10 commandments when you kill with drones nt
saras
(6,670 posts)2. We won't understand its morality until the first drones land in Vegas.
CrispyQ
(36,454 posts)3. "They are considered so efficient, so surgical and so deadly."
Efficient & deadly, for sure, but surgical?
longship
(40,416 posts)4. We're being fooled. They're really Daleks
Sorry, just watching Dr. Who about this very plot.
ladjf
(17,320 posts)5. Drones are the "terror weapon" of choice with good reason. nt
Unaccountable
(30 posts)6. Spam deleted by gkhouston (MIR Team)