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I'm thinking that they have a problem with the military, period, and don't think soldiers should have been in Iraq etc in the first place. Its an issue of trust
by grcshlep 8y ago
I'm thinking that they have a problem with the military, period, and don't think soldiers should have been in Iraq etc in the first place. Its an issue of trust.
And then you have the argument that if you reduce the human cost of wars, you make wars more likely.
- posix_me_less 8y ago> the argument that if you reduce the human cost of wars, you make wars more likely Very good point! Drone attacks make the operators into drones themselves, detached from feeling the consequences of their actions.
- facetube 8y agoIt's not clear that cost is even being reduced. PTSD rates in drone operators are roughly equivalent to those who fly manned combat missions [1]. https://www.nytimes.com/2013/02/23/us/drone-pilots-found-to-get-stress-disorders-much-as-those-in-combat-do.html https://www.nytimes.com/2013/02/23/us/drone-pilots-found-to-...