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>“The problem is that we’re creating an international norm” — asserting the right to strike preemptively against those we suspect of planning attacks, argues De
by astrofinch 15y ago
>“The problem is that we’re creating an international norm” — asserting the right to strike preemptively against those we suspect of planning attacks, argues Dennis M. Gormley, a senior research fellow at the University of Pittsburgh and author of “Missile Contagion,” who has called for tougher export controls on American drone technology. “The copycatting is what I worry about most.”
How about the fact that we're doing it, period?
http://www.ted.com/talks/sam_richards_a_radical_experiment_in_empathy.html http://www.ted.com/talks/sam_richards_a_radical_experiment_i...
- Anti-Ratfish 15y agoAnd no less scary, 15-40% of the time a civilian is hit instead of the correct target. http://edge.org/conversation/mc2011-history-violence-pinker http://edge.org/conversation/mc2011-history-violence-pinker And given the dubious right of the CIA to hit there intended target in the first place, the acceptance of UAV strikes is disturbing to me.