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(32,139 posts)onestepforward
(3,691 posts)MichaelSoE
(1,576 posts)morningfog
(18,115 posts)or the places we don't know about.
Granted, the majority are in our war in Pakistan.
Skidmore
(37,364 posts)pain from the air is indiscriminate in targeting. Both are too easy. Having lived in Iran during the Iran-Iraq war, I have a full understanding of what it means to be a speck on the ground when bombs rain from the sky. I very much loathe war, but I find the handwringing over whether death is delivered with a pilot in the cockpit or without one to be a bit bewildering. If it is the destructiveness of war people are objecting to, then it needs to be said outright. Nibbling at the edges of the bigger issue doesn't get at the heart of the problem--stopping the killing in the world.
Adding that the protestations also ignore the alternative to this would be putting boots on the ground. Do we want this instead?
Junkdrawer
(27,993 posts)and the NEXT step, fully autonomous drones, will make it easier still.
Skidmore
(37,364 posts)thinking he's programming a video game in which little dots disappear with a poof on a screen. This is the one outgrowth of gaming technology I loathe and I do think it has a direct impact on the formation of young minds and their understanding of real life applications.
Junkdrawer
(27,993 posts)xchrom
(108,903 posts)99Forever
(14,524 posts)What a proud legacy we leave behind.