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31. Really, could you give us a list of the 'guilty' because we have been trying to find out why

Fri Jun 7, 2013, 03:50 AM

Jun 2013

we are killing people by remote control for a long time with no success. We know that many children, I believe in Pakistan a record is being kept and the count in that country alone of children killed by drone was approx 168 last time I checked that record. I was wondering what those children were guilty of, some as young as two years old.

You seem to think you are informed about this so could you share your information so we all can sleep as peacefully as you apparently do regarding what is being done in our name?

I have a problem with remote control killing, with no charges filed, with no evidence presented of guilt and with not even a name supplied so we can judge to some extent whether these people are guilty of anything, being they ARE in their own countries.

I have an even worse problem with the murder of children, regardless of whose children they are. What do you think all those children in Pakistan were guilty of?

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Former drone operator says he's haunted by his part in more than 1,600 deaths [View all] morningfog Jun 2013 OP

killing is heavy heavy karma BlueToTheBone Jun 2013 #1

As can I. kentauros Jun 2013 #13

Reminds me of when Leo was told that a missile run he did in Vietnam... onehandle Jun 2013 #2

"every war is a crime". n/t Egalitarian Thug Jun 2013 #32

Reality, stark and brutal whatchamacallit Jun 2013 #3

Oh, well. sibelian Jun 2013 #4

sad K&R G_j Jun 2013 #5

Do no harm dude! peace13 Jun 2013 #6

Boo hoo. Arctic Dave Jun 2013 #7

But video games designed to prepare us for actually killing a real person Sequoia Jun 2013 #8

Thank you ellie Jun 2013 #17

His description of the thermal image is haunting. Brickbat Jun 2013 #9

Arrested Development Season 4 has Puzzledtraveller Jun 2013 #10

Did We Just Kill a Kid? marions ghost Jun 2013 #11

The soul of the nation whatchamacallit Jun 2013 #14

Yes marions ghost Jun 2013 #15

What we are doing is monstrous, cowardly and criminal. This soldier has a conscience sabrina 1 Jun 2013 #30

Agree with everything you said marions ghost Jun 2013 #34

We play the game with the bravery of being out of range. Orrex Jun 2013 #12

so the first thousand didn't bother him? spanone Jun 2013 #16

I'd feel sorry for the guy, but it is different seeing it in real life with full sound and color Victor_c3 Jun 2013 #18

Well that is why they need to be screened zeemike Jun 2013 #19

The original link has expired LongTomH Jun 2013 #20

How could one sleep at night? 1,600 innocent souls lost. blkmusclmachine Jun 2013 #21

They are not ALL innocent. Some deserved it. nt Lucky Luciano Jun 2013 #25

And you know this, how, exactly? Art_from_Ark Jun 2013 #27

Really, could you give us a list of the 'guilty' because we have been trying to find out why sabrina 1 Jun 2013 #31

I said "not ALL" which could mean SOME were wrong. Lucky Luciano Jun 2013 #35

To answer your question, no. morningfog Jun 2013 #37

No, we should bring them all home and mind our own business. What business is it of ours to go sabrina 1 Jun 2013 #38

Roger Waters has a song about it. go west young man Jun 2013 #22

And to think it only took 1600 'targets' to get to the point of regret. marble falls Jun 2013 #23

When is it patriotic duty and when is it mass murder? KansDem Jun 2013 #24

A friend of mine was a USAF sniper and also did forward targeting kestrel91316 Jun 2013 #26

and yet the majority of Americans support this. I don't get it. liberal_at_heart Jun 2013 #28

The majority of americans aren't seeing this shit in their own backyards, and even fewer are shakenq alp227 Jun 2013 #29

People without empathy. So many of them in the US. That is scary, isn't it? They cannot relate to sabrina 1 Jun 2013 #33

Not a video game, no respawn points. Rex Jun 2013 #36