Why Drones Have Become The Weapon Of Choice

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Why Drones Have Become The Weapon Of Choice
By Danny Schechter

Source: Paltalk.comSaturday, April 28, 2012

http://www.zcommunications.org/why-drones-have-become-the-weapon-of-choice-by-danny-schechter

It’s easy to understand why presidents, politicians and the military love robots. They don’t talk back. They follow orders. You press a button and they kill, kill, kill. They are considered so efficient, so surgical and so deadly.

It's all science fiction turned science ‘faction.'

Robots and drones don’t burn Korans or pose with the heads of their captives. There’s no drama, only total destruction.

And that’s why drone warfare has become such a weapon of choice. You have video game jockeys sitting on their asses in front of consoles of digital displays at an Air Force base outside Las Vegas, targeting houses in Afghanistan. After a couple of quick kills, they take the rest of the day off

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1. hey it's easy! you're not violating your religion's 10 commandments when you kill with drones nt

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2. We won't understand its morality until the first drones land in Vegas.

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3. "They are considered so efficient, so surgical and so deadly."

Efficient & deadly, for sure, but surgical?

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4. We're being fooled. They're really Daleks

Sorry, just watching Dr. Who about this very plot.

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5. Drones are the "terror weapon" of choice with good reason. nt

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