Reply #76: You're right, I fear it is too late. The US motto has become War At Any Cost

[sad sally]

Remote wars with unmanned predator drones, undertaken with the belief that there's no risk to our own forces, seems to have led to a greater temptation to undertake armed attacks and assassinations wherever and whenever - no talk needed, just bombs.

Yet, I cannot help but wonder if the "pilots" sitting safely in a computer lit room may not someday be haunted by the horrors they're inflicting on an unknown number of innocent people. As for the enemy they're fighting, how could the enemy - even if they wanted to - surrender to a drone? It's worrisome, however, to think that just like torturing our enemies has become acceptable to some, this impersonal way of killing is becoming acceptable.

"My notion of democracy is that under it the weakest should have the same opportunity as the strongest. This can never happen except through non-violence."
Mahatma Gandhi