Four NOT Two Americans Were Killed In Drone Strikes

[Orsino]

150. Bullshit. We capture militants all the time.

It's only Droney who whispers to us of an easy way out.

It may even be true in any given instance that dronemurder saves American troops' lives. However, when the wielders of drones so badly fuck up a situational assessment that the lives of American civilians are lost, the whole process must be reevaluated...even if we can't muster any consideration for the lives of foreigners, or if we fear to put militants on trial.

Droney, as currently implemented, is very nearly the opposite of accountability. If there are reasons that this is the best we can do, they are all too easily concealed under the same umbrella of national security.

Arguing over the best way to fight this pseudowar, of course, is skipping the important question of whether it ought to be fought at all, much less whether it ought to create a zone where the rights of the accused are dismissed.