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1. You can't suggest we have decided warfare is necessary when there hasn't been a war declared.

Reply to Robb (Original post)

Sat Jun 9, 2012, 09:00 AM

Jun 2012

We are living in an age of euphemism when words have been emptied of meaning and have been filled with political expedience.

An authorization to use force replaces a declaration of war.

Terrorist stronghold replaces national sovereignty.

A Presidential kill list replaces, well, a Presidential hit list.

I don't think any of us have decided anything. We have acquiesced everything.

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The problem with drones is not the drones themselves, but the failure of humanity they represent. [View all] Robb Jun 2012 OP

You can't suggest we have decided warfare is necessary when there hasn't been a war declared. rug Jun 2012 #1

War persists. Robb Jun 2012 #3

They make war easier to conduct. randome Jun 2012 #2

Every advancement in arms has made warfare easier. Robb Jun 2012 #4

True. randome Jun 2012 #5

This actually made me wonder Robb Jun 2012 #10

No, it's the drones themselves JayhawkSD Jun 2012 #6

OK, then answer this: Robb Jun 2012 #7

Remote controlled war is the sole providence of cowards 1-Old-Man Jun 2012 #8

That's what they said about cavalry, too. Robb Jun 2012 #9

I'm not against drones, or bombs, or artillary. I'm against using them. Tierra_y_Libertad Jun 2012 #11