The Ethics of Drone Warfare
Drones are remote controlled aircrafts that are used in attack strikes. To most people in the United States, drones are the future. Companies like Amazon have started using drones for their own use, and in the near future they will start replacing human-operated vehicles. In war, they use predator drones. It needs no pilot, and is relatively cheaper than any other in air device. For us, drones are perfect. They do the job for us. We are told that predator and reaper drones have taken out “suspected militants” in airstrikes. What they don’t tell you is that with these airstrikes kill innocent civilian lives, including children.
Even though drones are the cheapest and easiest attack on militants, drones should be …show more content…
That President Obama can sign off on a decision to kill us with less worry about judicial scrutiny than if the target is an American? Would your Supreme Court really want to tell humankind that we, like the slave Dred Scott in the 19th century, are not as human as you are? I cannot believe it. I used to say of apartheid that it dehumanized its perpetrators as much as, if not more than, its victims.” (Tutu, New York Times) With a push of a button the United States can destroy and entire neighborhood in Syria. Even more, people are left with psychological issues, hearing drone hovers daily and developing PTSD. They were normal citizens, and now they don’t have a home. Children are afraid to go to school, people are scared to hold weddings, they might be targeted in a drone strikes. Families can’t even meet.
I want you to imagine your home being targeted for a drone strike. If that ever happened in the United States, it would be stop immediately. Citizens of the United States would be under a terrorist …show more content…
With every strike investigated though, there has been a significant amount of causalities. It takes many weeks to even see if the drone strike did its job, while civilian deaths are never shown. Members of the Obama administration have come out to express doubt on the drone program. Even eight Americans have died because of the strikes. If that isn’t bothering you, nothing will.
Micah Zenko, a scholar at the Council on Foreign Relations and author of a 2013 study of drones has said that Congress should deliver a commission to examine the program, its results and flaws; but has said that even with public and congressional popularity, there will be little to no scrutiny. (Shane, New York Times)
There is little to no restrictions on drone use. There has been almost 400 strikes in the past 10 years. The government has over used the power of drone strikes. Imagine your home, being bombed 400 times. We speak of disasters like a tornado or hurricanes, the tragedy they bring, in the Middle East their hurricane is a bomb. ISIS and the Taliban have under 250,000 fighters; the population in Pakistan alone is 182.1 million people. We need to start thinking about civilian lives before the death of a
Drones are remote controlled aircrafts that are used in attack strikes. To most people in the United States, drones are the future. Companies like Amazon have started using drones for their own use, and in the near future they will start replacing human-operated vehicles. In war, they use predator drones. It needs no pilot, and is relatively cheaper than any other in air device. For us, drones are perfect. They do the job for us. We are told that predator and reaper drones have taken out “suspected militants” in airstrikes. What they don’t tell you is that with these airstrikes kill innocent civilian lives, including children.
Even though drones are the cheapest and easiest attack on militants, drones should be …show more content…
That President Obama can sign off on a decision to kill us with less worry about judicial scrutiny than if the target is an American? Would your Supreme Court really want to tell humankind that we, like the slave Dred Scott in the 19th century, are not as human as you are? I cannot believe it. I used to say of apartheid that it dehumanized its perpetrators as much as, if not more than, its victims.” (Tutu, New York Times) With a push of a button the United States can destroy and entire neighborhood in Syria. Even more, people are left with psychological issues, hearing drone hovers daily and developing PTSD. They were normal citizens, and now they don’t have a home. Children are afraid to go to school, people are scared to hold weddings, they might be targeted in a drone strikes. Families can’t even meet.
I want you to imagine your home being targeted for a drone strike. If that ever happened in the United States, it would be stop immediately. Citizens of the United States would be under a terrorist …show more content…
With every strike investigated though, there has been a significant amount of causalities. It takes many weeks to even see if the drone strike did its job, while civilian deaths are never shown. Members of the Obama administration have come out to express doubt on the drone program. Even eight Americans have died because of the strikes. If that isn’t bothering you, nothing will.
Micah Zenko, a scholar at the Council on Foreign Relations and author of a 2013 study of drones has said that Congress should deliver a commission to examine the program, its results and flaws; but has said that even with public and congressional popularity, there will be little to no scrutiny. (Shane, New York Times)
There is little to no restrictions on drone use. There has been almost 400 strikes in the past 10 years. The government has over used the power of drone strikes. Imagine your home, being bombed 400 times. We speak of disasters like a tornado or hurricanes, the tragedy they bring, in the Middle East their hurricane is a bomb. ISIS and the Taliban have under 250,000 fighters; the population in Pakistan alone is 182.1 million people. We need to start thinking about civilian lives before the death of a