"US drone raids in Yemen 'kill hundreds'"

[peacefrompaul]

http://www.aljazeera.com/news/middleeas ... 45408.html

And we continue to kill civilians in this "war" on terror. Disgusting...

[gimmesometruth27]

yep....

is anyone really still surprised by things like this anymore?

you can't make an omelette without breaking a few eggs...

[ComeToTX]

It won't stop as long as we think we're the world police.

[Smellyman]

Our freedom bombs help to stop future terrorists............

[pjl44]

What's amazing is how many people will lament this and still cast a vote for someone who will continue this sort of foreign policy.

[catefrances]

What's amazing is how many people will lament this and still cast a vote for someone who will continue this sort of foreign policy.

what if they held an election and nobody came......?

[Bronx Bombers]

President Barack Obama has authorised all but one of the estimated 44 drone strikes by the US in the troubled Arab state since 2002 and has overseen a rapid increase in attacks since last May with 26 incidents recorded.

Research by the Bureau of Investigative Journalism at City University has found that as many as 516 people have been killed in the attacks - mostly suspected members of al-Qaeda's local ally al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP). Up to 104 were civilians.

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldne ... alate.html

[brianlux]

Do the people who cause these deaths ever stopped to think what it would be like if this happened to their neighborhood?

[mikepegg44]

What's amazing is how many people will lament this and still cast a vote for someone who will continue this sort of foreign policy.

what if they held an election and nobody came......?

the person with the largest family that was eligible to vote would win

[mikepegg44]

Yep, Obama is really interested in peace around the world.

[peacefrompaul]

Yep, Obama is really interested in peace around the world.

Oh definitely. Has anyone seen this on mainstream media? I'm not sure... I haven't looked. I happened to come across this on Aljazeera and confirmed it with some folks in Yemen.

[peacefrompaul]

Do the people who cause these deaths ever stopped to think what it would be like if this happened to their neighborhood?

Of course not, we're killing terrorists right? Heh. Of course what you don't hear about is all of the innocent people that get obliterated.

[Cosmo]

A question regardig using Drones as weapons:
Are the pilots of the Drones considered 'combatants'? You know, like an F-15 jockey is a combat fighter pilot and subject to the rules of engagement n the battlefield. Are the pilots in Nevada the same as the F-15 pilot in Rihad?
If so, then if enemy agents are sent her to kill him, just like they'd try to kill the F-15 pilot at his air base, and they kill him in an Olive Garden or in his residence... is that an act of war or an act of homocide?
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Maybe we need to consider these things BEFORE we delpoy remote controlled weapons.

[peacefrompaul]

A question regardig using Drones as weapons:
Are the pilots of the Drones considered 'combatants'? You know, like an F-15 jockey is a combat fighter pilot and subject to the rules of engagement n the battlefield. Are the pilots in Nevada the same as the F-15 pilot in Rihad?
If so, then if enemy agents are sent her to kill him, just like they'd try to kill the F-15 pilot at his air base, and they kill him in an Olive Garden or in his residence... is that an act of war or an act of homocide?
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Maybe we need to consider these things BEFORE we delpoy remote controlled weapons.

My dad's buddy from the Air Force has a son that flies a drone from a desk in Montana. That is an interesting question to ponder. I would call it an act of retaliation. Isn't it creepy to think that you could be sitting in bed having a cigarette and guide an aircraft and a missile to another's death?

[Cosmo]

My dad's buddy from the Air Force has a son that flies a drone from a desk in Montana. That is an interesting question to ponder. I would call it an act of retaliation. Isn't it creepy to think that you could be sitting in bed having a cigarette and guide an aircraft and a missile to another's death?

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These are the things we need to consider.
A pilot stationed on an aircraft carrier that flies sorties into battlefield airspace is a combatant. He is in harm's way, whether he is in the air or on the carrier. The same goes to the pilot on the air field... even if the operational air field is in Germany or Saudi Arabia.
Does the same apply to Montana? Is it an act of war if an enemy agent is sent to the air base to take out a pilot? Since the drone operators are engaged in the battlefield... from Montana... isn't Montana considered part of the battlefield? What difference is it if an enemy agent kills the pilot in his barracks on the base... or in his bedroom in Montana?
We don't have to worry so much about the Taliban or al Qaeda because neither can ante up drone technology. But, the stakes go higher when we consider the future possibilities of a military conflict with a country like Russia or China who might acquire the same drone capabilities.
Do moral issues come into play with attack drones?