America's Drone Campaign Is Both Moral And Effective
Bug splats. That\u2019s what the American operators of drones, sitting in safety thousands of miles away, call the casualties of a drone attack in Pakistan or Yemen. Why bug splats? Because that\u2019s what a human body zapped by a drone looks like on those Americans\u2019 video screens. Thousands of those splats were in fact innocent bystanders unfortunate enough to be nearby the \u201ctarget\u201d. We call this warfare but it isn\u2019t: it\u2019s assassination. Drones allow political and military leaders, unhampered by public or legal scrutiny, to eliminate anyone they want killed. But moral and legal arguments aside, what do drones actually achieve? A drone strike is a sure way to inflame a community against the West and throw it into the arms of the local militants. In sum, drones are not just illegal and immoral. They are counterproductive.\n\nThat\u2019s the cry we hear as we learn more about America\u2019s drone programme. But do the gentle souls who condemn drones have a better strategy for dealing with the militants operating within the... Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/intelligencesquared.\n \n\xa0See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.\nLearn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices