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Drones, contrary to popular belief, reduce civilian casualties.
by happyscrappy 12y ago
Drones, contrary to popular belief, reduce civilian casualties.
- amirmc 12y agoRedefining 'civilian' also reduces civilian casualties. "It is also because Mr. Obama embraced a disputed method for counting civilian casualties that did little to box him in. It in effect counts all military-age males in a strike zone as combatants, according to several administration officials, unless there is explicit intelligence posthumously proving them innocent." I don't imagine anyone cares to do the posthumous intelligence checks. http://www.nytimes.com/2012/05/29/world/obamas-leadership-in-war-on-al-qaeda.html?pagewanted=all&_r=0 http://www.nytimes.com/2012/05/29/world/obamas-leadership-in...
- brennannovak 12y ago"Terrorist guilty until proven otherwise" horrifying stuff!
- acqq 12y agoOnly during 2003-2006 US war period in Iraq there were some 600000 Iraqis killed, most of them civilians: http://leksikon.org/images/iraq_lancet2.pdf http://leksikon.org/images/iraq_lancet2.pdf There was no al Qaeda in Iraq before US attacked it: http://www.weeklystandard.com/blogs/still-clueless-about-al-qaeda-iraq_576537.html http://www.weeklystandard.com/blogs/still-clueless-about-al-... http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2008/12/15/bush-acknowledges-absence_n_151144.html http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2008/12/15/bush-acknowledges-a...