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there are just as many people involved in shooting missiles from drones as from manned craft

• brokenmachine 7y ago
  "Skin in the game" was clearly meant to imply people who were in the line of fire, not 9-5ers in Washington manning their xbox controllers.
  • nyolfen 7y ago
    nobody but targets are in the line of fire when americans blow up villages in waziristan or whatever
  • crispyambulance 7y ago
    You're right about that. Ironically, however, drone operators seem to suffer disproportionately from PTSD. Firing missiles at people while sitting in a 9-5 cubicle, and probably tasked with keeping up "KPI's", I imagine, violates any sane person's sense of morality to the core. https://www.nytimes.com/2018/06/13/magazine/veterans-ptsd-drone-warrior-wounds.html https://www.nytimes.com/2018/06/13/magazine/veterans-ptsd-dr...
    • brokenmachine 7y ago
      Maybe they should think about finding a job that aligns with their morals better. It's hard for me to feel that sorry for people who later feel bad after being willing participants in killing people despite what must be their own morals against it. Having said that I don't want anyone to suffer PTSD, but it's much worse for the families on the other end of the war machine.