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In reply to the discussion: 2,305 killed by Obama in drone strikes in Pakistan by my count [View all]Ms. Toad
(38,575 posts)But it isn't embracing relativism to discern that, at this point in time, we are called to work on particular aspects of war. Much of Friends' work is sorting out which, of the overwhelming number of the things which could benefit from our attention, are the ones which are ours to address.
The FCNL does that every two years when we set priorities for the new Congress and was led to call out drones separately (third bullet) from other promotion of peace and rejection of war (second & fourth bullets): http://fcnl.org/about/govern/priorities/113/. This was based on the work of the 2-300 meetings and individuals around the country who participated in the process of discerning which of the many things the policy statement authorizes the FCNL to work on need particular attention for this Congress, and drones (separate - but in addition to other rejection of war and the promotion of peace) is one of those priorities.
I am no longer intimately involved in the AFSC, so I can't give you the kind of detail I can about the FCNL, but I am sure it is similar. AFSC has long opposed all killing, but I am aware of some work which specifically focuses on the use of drones.