While I respect your opinion, it presents a false choice because you implicitly accept this reality. Technology enables these extrajudicial killings and further

While I respect your opinion, it presents a false choice because you implicitly accept this reality. Technology enables these extrajudicial killings and further developing and deploying more technology legitimizes its use. Drone strikes have expanded at the pace technology has made them feasible, though the threats have not. The dilemma they present you with is perfectly designed for engineer minds (like me and you) who love to solve problems, increase efficiency, and feel moral about it. In short, it's a trap to get us talking about the wrong things, stuck in details. This is the gradient that pushes us towards dystopia. They feed us fear and lies, take preemptive steps, and we get stuck arguing technicalities, legalities, and tuning up the war machine. So, in short, I fully reject this framing and urge you to do the same.