When The Drones Come Marching In

Re:When The Drones Come Marching In by barrkel on Saturday January 29, 2011 @01:39PM (#2156011)

Drones are much cheaper in a more important respect - human lives. When wars can be fought with machines, leaders don't need to pay as much attention to democratic will when choosing who to attack.

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Re:When The Drones Come Marching In by okaramian on Saturday January 29, 2011 @02:37PM (#2156148)

We're well on our way from turning war from a matter of human costs into a matter of monetary cost.

Whether this is a good or bad thing only time will tell.

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Re:When The Drones Come Marching In by jacquesm on Saturday January 29, 2011 @03:33PM (#2156290)

> Drones are much cheaper in a more important respect - human lives.

Typically drones are used against targets that are human, I don't see the drones causing less loss of life.

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Re:When The Drones Come Marching In by barrkel on Saturday January 29, 2011 @09:14PM (#2157126)

I don't think leaders think of their enemies as human. I don't think they could sleep at night if they did.

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Re:When The Drones Come Marching In by gloob on Saturday January 29, 2011 @06:37PM (#2156792)

s/human/American/

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Re:When The Drones Come Marching In by smeatish on Saturday January 29, 2011 @02:04PM (#2156072)

To go one step farther, with autonomous drones leaders don't even need to convince any human soldiers, much less the public.

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