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2016 Postmortem

hedgehog

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11. I agree with you there. Killing civilians with drones is akin

Reply to malthaussen (Reply #10)

Wed Feb 6, 2013, 03:28 PM

Feb 2013

to say, a police swat team taking out the hostages and the kidnapper. If, say, the kidnapper was going to release poison gas, and the only way to take out the kidnapper was to kill the hostages as well, then the issue becomes more murky.

I would add- I doubt there is such a thing as precision bombing. I suspect any time we use missiles or bombs, we are inevitably killing civilians. So the questions regarding the use of drones extend to many of the tactics of war.

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We killed Yamamoto [View all] hedgehog Feb 2013 OP

Bad analogy. truebluegreen Feb 2013 #1

OK - how about Arbenz then? Taverner Feb 2013 #2

That is an excellent example of how policies can be abused - hedgehog Feb 2013 #4

Ah, but to mangle an historical quote, malthaussen Feb 2013 #13

What about him? truebluegreen Feb 2013 #16

Ain't it just? malthaussen Feb 2013 #3

The choice was to take out Yamamoto to shorten WWII. The use of drones hedgehog Feb 2013 #5

Sorry, I really don't get it. malthaussen Feb 2013 #6

I'm not sure if I understand what you are getting at. hedgehog Feb 2013 #8

Ah, that is where we differ, then. malthaussen Feb 2013 #10

I agree with you there. Killing civilians with drones is akin hedgehog Feb 2013 #11

"...certain..." truebluegreen Feb 2013 #15

"...provided that those people are taking up arms against the United States." truebluegreen Feb 2013 #14

This is why I would prefer the language of piracy vs. the language of warfare. hedgehog Feb 2013 #17

I agree that the "language" of piracy would be better truebluegreen Feb 2013 #20

We had formally declared war on Japan after their Pearl Harbor attack. It was war. SharonAnn Feb 2013 #12

My qualm is that there's no limits to the battlefield and no time limit to the war Hippo_Tron Feb 2013 #7

A forever war is a horror. We have been at war with too many people for too long a time. hedgehog Feb 2013 #9

Arrest them zipplewrath Feb 2013 #18

That is the best option! hedgehog Feb 2013 #19

When will the drones start aiming at Wall Street? Kablooie Feb 2013 #21