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9. Just because? This evil man has just kidnapped hundreds of girls and is threatening

Reply to msongs (Reply #5)

Tue May 6, 2014, 04:17 PM

May 2014

to sell them all into slavery.

This isn't some trivial " just because."

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If it were possible to use drones to kill Abubakar Shekau and other top leaders [View all] pnwmom May 2014 OP

Would you support the use of drones, if possible, knowing it could kill some of the girls? morningfog May 2014 #1

It would depend on the circumstances. As it is, some of the girls have probably already died. pnwmom May 2014 #7

So what is the maximum number of girls killed by drone you would say justifies a strike? morningfog May 2014 #12

I don't know. It would depend on the circumstances, such as what is happening to the girls pnwmom May 2014 #14

Dead is dead especially to the parents of those girls. Perhaps we should ask THEM if they are sabrina 1 May 2014 #22

I'm not suggesting we do anything unless the Nigerian government requests. pnwmom May 2014 #36

Yes. I would also support drones against the Lord's Resistance Army. The question is could we use okaawhatever May 2014 #2

That IS the question. n/t pnwmom May 2014 #8

Yes. AZ Mike May 2014 #3

If done with certainty and precision, yes I would. nt NYC_SKP May 2014 #4

if so you support use of drones to kill you and your family just because.... nt msongs May 2014 #5

Just because? This evil man has just kidnapped hundreds of girls and is threatening pnwmom May 2014 #9

Put yourself in the place of those parents. If your daughter was to be sacrificed in order to TRY to sabrina 1 May 2014 #23

Right: kidnapping, slavery, and murder is "just because." Lizzie Poppet May 2014 #15

Would you have supporting droning the home of the monster who kept those three American sabrina 1 May 2014 #24

Um...no. Lizzie Poppet May 2014 #28

I doubt their family kidnapped 200 girls and bragged about selling them. nt. delta17 May 2014 #16

Neither I, nor my family have kidnapped, killed, or otherwise harmed defenseless schoolchildren. nt msanthrope May 2014 #20

It could possibly escalate into a full-scale civil war Blue_Tires May 2014 #6

The operators would have to be seconded to the Nigerian government. MADem May 2014 #10

They had a civil war in the 70s. AngryAmish May 2014 #27

They're arguably having another one already Blue_Tires May 2014 #30

Kill the bad guys!!!!!! oldhippie May 2014 #11

I do not support any U.S. military intervention. JackRiddler May 2014 #13

No. I've paid attention. We don't care much who we kill with our drones, and once we Warren Stupidity May 2014 #17

I oppose all armed drones no matter which sob story is told to sell them. TheKentuckian May 2014 #18

What if the UN authorized it? They're calling this a "crime against humanity." n/t pnwmom May 2014 #19

Don't care if ANYONE short of God calls for it. I oppose the proliferation of remotes. TheKentuckian May 2014 #32

"Sob story" strikes me as a slightly dismissive description of hundreds of young ... 11 Bravo May 2014 #21

It's not just you. rudolph the red May 2014 #29

No less dismissive than "collateral damage" and infinitely less dismissive than "combatants" TheKentuckian May 2014 #33

Neither of which terms I employ, but by logical extension you must be ... 11 Bravo May 2014 #46

Compared not equate. Logic FAIL TheKentuckian May 2014 #47

Several questions sarisataka May 2014 #25

I"m not sure of how I feel in any case -- I really was asking a question. pnwmom May 2014 #34

That is a tough road to back up from once gone down....sounds good but in reality randys1 May 2014 #26

Absolutely not quinnox May 2014 #31

No. You can't take them all out with drones, and the survivors will just kill the victims. Xithras May 2014 #35

You mean the guy they have on tape saying he kidnapped them XRubicon May 2014 #37

It's a silly hypothetical MattBaggins May 2014 #38

At least two of the girls have already died. pnwmom May 2014 #39

Not talking about principles MattBaggins May 2014 #40

Boots on the ground kills three times as many innocents as drones Recursion May 2014 #41

I'm going to go ahead and suggest that your claim is hogwash MattBaggins May 2014 #42

Actually, it's true. Major Hogwash May 2014 #43

Nor do they call in mortars and artillery, or have to clear mines and barricades Recursion May 2014 #45

Nope. Recursion May 2014 #44