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Drone strikes

(108 Posts)
Anniebach Thu 19-Nov-15 09:35:25

I expect IS share soons views on choices in life

jinglbellsfrocks Thu 19-Nov-15 09:30:46

It's just too hard. sad

That's a cop-out. I know.

We need to protect our innocents too grannyactivist.

If this strategy is wrong, you need to say what you would do.

loopylou Thu 19-Nov-15 09:24:40

Sadly that's just it soon
sad

Anya Thu 19-Nov-15 08:09:45

'Sometimes choices in life are between worse, amd worser' [sic]

Indeed S2B sad

soontobe Thu 19-Nov-15 08:02:21

Sometimes choices in life are between worse, amd worser.

I very much doubt that there were many at all in Britain in WW11 who sat in the airraid shelters and thought this is not fair, we are innocent. Please stop bombing Germany and Japan, then they will stop bombing us, then we can all get back to our normal lives.

Anya Thu 19-Nov-15 07:41:00

i question the authenticity of that article. Anyone can claim almost anything and release it as 'fact' on the Internet.

loopylou Thu 19-Nov-15 07:26:46

There are many more innocents being tortured, manned and killed by ISIS, as in the Russian plane and the horrific events in Paris.

Sadly that is what happens in war and in terrorism.

How would you propose eliminating IS and other terrorist groups ga? I presume you have ideas that would work better and not inflict collateral damage.

grannyactivist Thu 19-Nov-15 01:42:08

'The killing of innocent civilians in drone airstrikes has acted as one of the most “devastating driving forces for terrorism and destabilization around the world”', say American drone operators.

In one major special operations program in northeastern Afghanistan called Operation Haymaker 35 individuals targeted for assassination were actually killed in drone strikes, but 219 other non-targeted individuals were also killed. That's a 'collateral damage' rate of six to one and may include women, children and babies.
theintercept.com/drone-papers/the-assassination-complex/
www.mintpressnews.com/new-york-times-buries-intercept-whistleblowers-shocking-drone-war-disclosures/211023/

Do grans who advocate bombing Syria think the killing of IS forces is worth the price being paid by innocents who also die in drone strikes?