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In reply to the discussion: Drones: Do I have a line in the sand? [View all]dreamnightwind
(4,775 posts)This is very different from an actual war. This is about assassination. The "war on terror" is completely bogus as a declared war. It's not about foreign governments, and many of those targeted are algorithmic matches based on where people hang out, with no attempt to formally link them to Al Queda, the group we are supposedly at war against. This is about killing suspected "terrorists", not enemy combatants. The 16-year old son of the U.S.citizen that we killed was killed in a separate strike targeting him, and we had no evidence that he was an enemy combatant. Because he wasn't one.
The terrorist label is intentionally vague, giving the authorities the power to selectively take action against anyone they label as a terrorist. That's very different from a war.
Now, I fully support your rant against war, all war, thank you for standing against it. If more people in this country had your conviction we'd have less war.