Re:What I Learned from Executing Two Men
by jiiam on Monday September 19, 2016 @08:21AM
(#12530790)
Even in the case that the target of drone strikes were threats, often times these attacks lead to a number of civilian casualties that, I think, could be in no way justified.
[ Parent
| on HN ]
Re:What I Learned from Executing Two Men
by walshemj on Monday September 19, 2016 @08:24AM
(#12530816)
As compared to the Blitz on Coventry or the Fire storms at Dresden?
Or for example my fathers house being bombed in ww2 - they lived close to the biggest spitfire plant in the UK.
I don't think I have the expertise to make the comparison to the historical events you cited, but I believe that, regardless of whether we consider those justified or not (I admit that I tend to say no, but would gladly listen to arguments made by expert supporting the opposite view, and in fact I am eager to). Another case we can talk about was the atomic bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki. Here the number of civilians killed is so outrageous that I don't know if there is any sensible way of condoning it.
An attempt to give an analysis would be asking: what was the good reason to do it? I think that the answer to that question in the case of the drone strikes is not satisfactory.