• SCB@lemmy.world
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    1 year ago

    Drone strikes minimize casualties compared to the alternatives - heavier ordinance on bigger delivery systems or boots on the ground

    If drone strikes upset you, your anger is misplaced if you’re blaming drones. You’re really against military strikes at those targets, full stop.

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      1 year ago

      When the targets are things like that wedding in Mali sure.

      I think your argument is a bit like saying depleted uranium is better than the alternative, a nuclear bomb. When the bomb was never on the table for half the stuff depleted uranium is.

      Boots on the ground or heavy ordinance were never a viable option for some of the stuff drones are used for.

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        1 year ago

        Boots on the ground or heavy ordinance were never a viable option for some of the stuff drones are used for.

        It was literally the standard policy prior to drones.