U.S. Admits for First Time Drones Killed 4 Americans

Aoxomoxoa said:
I think the details and the method are not really relevant here, it is more the principle. What if they had been taken out by a drone?
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Then everyone around them when have been killed .. and we would call them all terrorists.

.. OR, we would have bombed the two guys, killing everyone around them, then when the police and medics rushed in .. we would have blown them up as well.
 
charver said:
If a drone had been used those two men would not now be facing a trial and the relatives of the bystanders killed, in the resulting explosions, would be demanding to know why their government had summarily executed people on the streets of the capital.

Actually, i don't even know why i bothered to answer that question.
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There have been enough cases of the wrong people being targeted by the police in the past, you yourself highligted the case of the man with the white stick who was shot. I can envisage a time in the near future where drones will be used as they can get to a crime scene much quicker than armed police. Why do you assume that the only weapon that a drone can carry is missiles? Why not machine guns, lasers, ultra sound, CS gas or even tasers?
 
Aoxomoxoa said:
There have been enough cases of the wrong people being targeted by the police in the past, you yourself highligted the case of the man with the white stick who was shot. I can envisage a time in the near future where drones will be used as they can get to a crime scene much quicker than armed police. Why do you assume that the only weapon that a drone can carry is missiles? Why not machine guns, lasers, ultra sound, CS gas or even tasers?
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Yes, there have been instances where the police have targeted the wrong person. The answer to that, i'd suggest, is not to replace those policemen with robot killing machines.

With the best will in the world i don't think a drone makeover is any more appealing either.
 
Aoxomoxoa said:
Would you be happy for Saudi Arabia to fall to Al Qaeda?
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Hmm, let's see, a family dictatorship falling to Al'Qaeda? Yes, highly likely, idiot.
Furthermore, Sauds can suck balls, considering that Bin Laden as well as 90% of the 9-11 attackers were Saudis.
 
Rune said:
Hmm, let's see, a family dictatorship falling to Al'Qaeda? Yes, highly likely, idiot.
Furthermore, Sauds can suck balls, considering that Bin Laden as well as 90% of the 9-11 attackers were Saudis.
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Bin Laden has always said that Saudi was his number one target, I have no reason to believe that's changed since his death.
 
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