7,511 KIDS Among US Drone Death Toll; 31X Higher Civilian Kill Rate Than Admitted

a reply to: scraedtosleep

This conservative would not be against that, for what its worth.

Easily my biggest complaint against Trump is his continuation and expansion of tactics that kill so many people.

I dont blame foreign nations for hating America. We are terrible neighbors.

a reply to: scraedtosleep

And why would we do that? The weapon released from an RPA is no different than a weapon fired from the ground... Comparing a small missile or bomb to WMD's is comparing apples to fish. Strikes are VERY accurate and its is extremely rare to have collateral damage where non-players are harmed...

There is no way of avoiding the loss of innocent lives in war.
There are two options - don't fight the war, or do - and live with the consequences.
Which is better depends on the longterm danger.
In WW2 I have seen estimates that 500,000 innocent civilians died from strategic bombing alone in Germany and Japan. Pretty horrifying numbers, but who would want the alternative outcome to WW2?

War is ugly - stories such as this one that pull on the emotional heartstrings, succeed in doing just that, but rarely offer up solutions.

Well said

surely that numbers has gone up over the years;

today alone, at least 30 civilians were killed in afghan by US drones, mostly pine nut farmers;

why is US targetting farms and non-opium crops there??

www.reuters.com...