Question for DUers

[malaise]

What is the difference with killing people (including anti-colonial/anti-imperialist leaders of foreign governments, young leftists, liberation theologists, environmentalists) with drones and killing people with bombs or overt/covert assassinations.
Aren't extra-judicial killings an 'imperialist' way of life in the so called Western Democracies.

[nadinbrzezinski]

1. Shoud I take the Edward Said school here

Or another one?

(Short answer, yes)

[malaise]

9. Yes

[Angry Dragon]

2. Nothing

[slackmaster]

3. Using a drone is much safer for the person who pulls the trigger or pushes the button

Morally, there is no difference at all.

[kudzu22]

4. Legally, none

I suppose the drone and the bomb are likely to kill innocent or other unintended bystanders, compared to a rifle shot or other more specific lethal means.

[malaise]

7. Didn't they kill 5,000 people in Panama to get Noriega

What about Nicaragua, El Salvador. Weren't American nuns killed by Central American Wingnuts??

[kudzu22]

8. Fair point

[Downwinder]

5. The only difference is the delivery system.