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

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9. In Theory...

The UK and Germany are part of the coalition in Afghanistan and seem to be fine with the use of drones. I recently read that the French were employing drones in Mali and also have been parts of coalitions with the U.S. and other European nations.

The point that seems to be missing here is drone technology is the latest "big thing" in war...just like the chariot, gunpowder...the latest game changer that only offers temporary advantage for one side over another. The "success" of drones are being noted by every military on the planet as it's far cheaper to send a robot to do the dirty work rather than live bodies. The genie is out of the bottle as future wars will include these and other forms of robotics...soldiers will move further from the battlefield and leave only non-combatants in the crossfire.

This isn't only a U.S. problem...it's an international one and the U.N. has been very silent on this issue. There needs to be some kind of protocols as to where drones can be used (such as survelliance or in purely designated war zones) and where their use falls into what would be considered "inhuman".