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Bonobo

(29,257 posts) Thu Feb 7, 2013, 02:16 AM Feb 2013

Brass tacks: Why don't OTHER countries need to go around killing people? [View all]

England, France, Germany, Japan, Brazil, China, Korea...

THEY don't send unmanned drones flying into sovereign countries, firing missiles and blowing people into bits in order to protect THEIR freedoms and safeguard their citizens and way of life.

Why does the US? Is it really necessary?

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Brass tacks: Why don't OTHER countries need to go around killing people? [View all] Bonobo Feb 2013 OP

Do the lack of replies indicate that it is impossible to answer? Bonobo Feb 2013 #1

France is fighting in Mali FrodosPet Feb 2013 #2

I heard on NPR that we are lending them our drone service. Common Sense Party Feb 2013 #3

Good question. 'Cuz they're not exceptional like us? Comrade Grumpy Feb 2013 #4

Yes, it's necessery Cali_Democrat Feb 2013 #5

Du rec. Nt xchrom Feb 2013 #6

we kill so they won't have to. (but actually, i think they do, just maybe not quite as much.) HiPointDem Feb 2013 #7

They do. Not as much, of course, but they do. cali Feb 2013 #8

Well the difference is scale is so vast that, in essence, they do not use them. Bonobo Feb 2013 #10

In Theory... KharmaTrain Feb 2013 #9