The article's main point (emphasis mine): > “With military enhancements and other technologies, the > genie’s already out of the bottle: the benefits are

The article's main point (emphasis mine): > “With military enhancements and other technologies, the > genie’s already out of the bottle: the benefits are too > irresistible, and the military-industrial complex still > has too much momentum,” Lin says in an e-mail. *“The best > we can do now is to help develop policies in advance to > prepare for these new technologies*, not post hoc or after > the fact (as we’re seeing with drones and cyberweapons).” To get a sense of the kind of moral and ethical issues raised by new combat technologies and techniques, I recommend watching the documentary "The Fog of War"[1]. [1] http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VgA98V1Ubk8 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VgA98V1Ubk8