Droning On 0
After reviewing the arguments that robotic dealers of automated death from the skies are “good weapons” (follow the link for the arguments), Der Spiegel tries to assess the goodness. A nugget:
The “good” drones, on the other hand, have a much more tragic track record. The Bureau of Investigative Journalism in London found that the United States used drones in Pakistan 337 times between 2004 and 2012, killing between 2,524 and 3,247 people. The casualties included 482 to 852 civilians, of whom 175 were children. Of the many evils of war, civilian victims are the worst.
Read the whole thing.
