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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsSo, defenders of the use of drones say it saves our troops from harm.
What do they have to say about the innocent civilians who are also killed when a target is subjected to extrajudicial murder?
Let's sloganize the rationales, shall we? I'll start.
"Save an American soldier, who cares if we kill a foreign child?"
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So, defenders of the use of drones say it saves our troops from harm. (Original Post)
Zalatix
Jul 2012
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SidDithers
(44,228 posts)1. How about "Give them jobs, not bombs!"...nt
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Zalatix
(8,994 posts)4. American jobs, of course.
Long live Bain Capital!
Downwinder
(12,869 posts)2. Drones are just a delivery system.
Like a suicide bomber.
geek tragedy
(68,868 posts)3. Drones no more or less moral than piloted aircraft.
Civilian casualties are equally tragic regardless of what kind of airplane caused them.
Zalatix
(8,994 posts)5. Indeed.