To those who say drones and B-52's are indistinguishable, a question.

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1. A B-52 has a on-board human crew. It's longest bombing mission was 35 hours.

A Drone's crew sits in an air conditioned room in Nevada, or some other base remote from the battlefield. a b-52's crew is exposed to the hazards of the battlefield.

We bombed Iraq from the United States. Technologically, there would be no difficulty bombing Niger or Syria. it is a much bigger target that your average drone, however, and would be more likely to be shot down by a country.

Diplomatically, there is no difference between using a drone and using a Long Range bomber. Without permission of the governments of those countries, it could be viewed as an act of war.

The real advantage of a drone are their small size, their stealth, their relative low cost, and they don't put a crew in danger of capture or death.

Both would be open to the same sort of abuses.