Drones Over US to Get Weaponized...

[Savannahmann]

30. Ah but there you go.

It takes only a tiny sliver of imagination to see that the first use of the Armed Drone will be scrutinized. The second will be less so, and after three, or four, nobody will notice. Much as TASERS are used today. In the 1980's Taser use was very carefully examined by the press and those with oversight. Today, the Police zap a man or woman and they die, well, it's unfortunate, but you know, we had no choice and we followed policy.

POLICY. That is going to be the trick. After it's first use there will be policy governing it's use. Some radical nut job like David Koresh that even the Repugs want to shut the hell up will be first. Somebody with a bomb on a bridge, next to a school bus load of nuns and orphans. Imagine the scene, I can. Then along comes the magic drone, disabling the baddie and preventing him from slaughtering the poor orphans and those saintly Nuns.

Can't you hear the arguments? Can't we all agree that in extreme circumstances where the lives of innocent children are at risk we should be able to use the drone. If you oppose, well you want children and women to die don't you?

Next thing you know, every police officer will have a drone hovering nearby, originally to show the court the actions of this sainted defender of the weak and helpless. Now it's armed with a rubber bullet, tear gas, taser, and in the case of a riot, a belt fed machine gun.

Wait, because I am old enough to remember the Liberals of the 80's telling everyone that nobody would really be dumb enough to let the cops have TASER's and pretend they were non lethal. I remember when nobody thought the cops would ever be given a metal nightstick, the wood was bad enough wasn't it?

So why wouldn't they get a terminator drone to protect us from all those scary dangers we are too sheep like to question.