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With that kind of argument all kind of warfare is terrorism, which means the word terrorism is redundant and useless.

Fact is we are at war with some bad people and when we do so innocent people are getting hurt - however we try really hard to minimize their numbers and one of the ways we do that is using drones.

And if you feel bad about it think this way: we try to avoid killing civilians, they use human shields.




> however we try really hard to minimize their numbers and one of the ways we do that is using drones.

Nope. That's how you minimize US casualties.

Which I suppose is an improvement compared to dumb bombs dropped by fighter jets, which could be shot down and the pilots captured.


> innocent people are getting hurt - however we try really hard to minimize their numbers

From the article:

> Sensor: Maybe just a warm spot from where he’s been sitting.

> Pilot: I was hoping we could make a rifle out. Never mind.




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