Trump clears CIA to issue drone strikes

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(03-16-2017, 12:22 PM)Benton Wrote: I guess I just don't see the point of putting "your" combatants in harms way if it can be avoided. Life is sacred. Or at least should be treated as such. Anything to reduce the number of causalities on either side should be done.

Romanticizing war, painting over the reason of why most wars are fought, legitimizing large numbers of deaths... it all makes people feel better, but at the end of the day you've still got people dead for no fault of their own, and many more mentally and physically injured. Some of those injuries never heal. If drones reduce those numbers, use the drones.

I agree life is sacred and that is why if it is to be taken in conflict it should be done in person. Also anybody can by a $50 drone and strap an IED on it. If we use this as a justified means of combat, the person flying the drone into the Elementary school can assert the same thing.