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I totally disagree. Drones are the most precise tool (limiting collateral damage) in the history of war. Do you seriously think that if drones didn't exist, t
by pnut 10y ago
I totally disagree.
Drones are the most precise tool (limiting collateral damage) in the history of war.
Do you seriously think that if drones didn't exist, they wouldn't be conducting air raids or sending in legions of troops to do the wetworks?
The US had an obligation to get out in front of the rest of the world, and set some de-facto and de jure international standards for how drones should be used in a military capacity.
There are legal memoranda and strict procedures being followed. Nobody is unaccountable - to the contrary, the consequences are more visible and individually attributable for accidents during war now, than ever before.
I heard a quote one time, to the effect of "If you told the average US citizen during Vietnam era, that the President of the United States personally signs off on individual military raids after verifying intelligence data, during the prosecution of a war, they would think we now live in a liberal utopia."
- DominikD 10y agoAnd you're totally missing the point. Drones are as precise as intel they're dispatched on. And this intel has nothing to do with thorough work, it's mostly based on signal, with no real reconnaissance whatsoever. There's a village with a phone that's related to a person related to some shady group? Send drones! Your argument is like saying "sniper rifles are awesome, would you rather use grenades to dispatch bad guys?" Of course not. But sniping everyone wearing a tie at a banquet just because you know your target has a tie isn't at all better than setting up explosives to the building.