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I'd much rather the US wasn't killing anybody at all but I suppose, through gritted teeth, the use of technology to kill fewer people might be just about seen as a step in the right direction....maybe. Ugh.
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100%. It’s always going to be moral gymnastics to some degree. I thought it was interesting that the strike orders have to get prior court approval but in all likelihood this is/was just a formality to insulate the decision makers.
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I'd much rather the US wasn't killing anybody at all but I suppose, through gritted teeth, the use of technology to kill fewer people might be just about seen as a step in the right direction....maybe. Ugh.
I'd argue the next step in this train of thought is to take a moment to ask who the US is killing and why and go from there. The US had a direct hand in creating just about every group that threatens us in the world today - especially in the Middle East.
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JVBulman
Yes! That’s a good point. I think maybe because there’s the slightly misguided notion that the democrats would ideologically pacifist (thereabouts) so it seems extra egregious when the military industrial complex is seemingly given free reign no matter who’s in charge.
Wonder what will happen to all those weapons deals trump made with Saudi Arabia etc...