Just like we have a moratorium on the use of chemical weapons we ought to have one on drones. Not that it would ever be ratified. There is something seriously

Just like we have a moratorium on the use of chemical weapons we ought to have one on drones. Not that it would ever be ratified. There is something seriously wrong with the level of detachment drones afford the actors on any battlefield. Taking a life should be something done with a large level of reluctance and with the 'taker' risking his own through physical presence. Once that balance is lost it becomes all too easy to resort to violence at a much earlier stage of a conflict. This is all about reducing the barrier to entry for war and that's a very dangerous thing.