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ugh... i hate that drones are the future of warfare

Posted by Guy (aka lostatlimbo) Sep 15 '10, 12:00

The New America Foundation, a Washington-based think tank where Bergen is a fellow, said the drone program in Pakistan has reportedly killed more than 1,000 people since 2004. Many of the casualties were civilians, the foundation said.

war is bad enough without sending robots to do all our killing (www.cnn.com)

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they're not the future. they're the present....nm - xi Sep 15, 12:23
Drones will be a large part of our arsenal, but they will never replace boots on the ground. - Stephen Sep 15, 12:13 4
- but they will replace most of the jets. 5th gen. fighter jets will probably be the last manned ones. -- nm - zork Sep 15, 12:17 3
  - jets can literally fly faster than the pilots, it is possible to kill the pilot wih high g turns - zeitgeist Sep 15, 12:23 2
    - less training and less loss when a craft goes down. -- nm - zork Sep 15, 12:32 1
      - "fly by wifi" :) -- nm - Beryllium Sep 15, 12:33
Why, is your employer moving into selling flags for coffin-draping -- nm - Dr.Vermin prefers dead soldiers too Sep 15, 12:05 1
- shrouds is a better market to get into. 62 new orders in the last two weeks! -- nm - Guy Sep 15, 12:16
It dehumanizes War and opens up US for the endless war - amoxy Sep 15, 12:04
Seriously! Why can't we just send our young men and women to get killed like in the old days? -- nm - decline Sep 15, 12:03 4
- this response is tragic. that anyone thinks it is alright to attack another country without sacrificing something is deplorable, imo -- nm - Guy Sep 15, 12:21 2
  - Ah to live in your world. Let's ask any of the parents, wives, brothers, sisters, children of men killed in battle how they feel. - Jim Sep 15, 12:36
  - Indeed. War is supposed to be fair. And it's not fair unless each side has the same number of casualties. -- nm - Dr.Vermin prefers dead soldiers too Sep 15, 12:36
- because then we'd actually have to have a debate over whether or not the goal was worth the cost. -- nm - znufrii Sep 15, 12:05
man, even dying for your country in a pointless war is getting automated. what happened to us, America? -- nm - bugsy Sep 15, 12:02

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