Humanitarian intervention

In the past decade, the United States has been using drones without knowing the consequences that goes along with it. These drones have been used without congress approval. Also, after the World Trade Center was attacked, President Bush signed a Memorandum of Notification creating a secret list of “High Value Targets” that the CIA was authorized to kill anywhere in the world without further presidential approval. Apparently, the CIA needs to be wiser when they have to go against terrorists,…

Killer Robots Autonomous weapons, commonly known as killer robots has seen their rise in prominence in the last decade or so. The first "killer robots" date all the way back to World War Two, with the Soviet Teletanks and the German Goliath remote controlled mine. Both of these weapons were extremely advanced for their time and both had the same common goal of inflicting as much damage on the enemy with minimal loss on their side. That does not sound like a very promising morally strong back up…

Other perspectives, especially the political cases from the Middle Eastern nations, do not advocate for drones, as drone strikes may cause unintended collateral damage to this area of attack. For example, drones carry inherent political costs to nations, such as Yemen, Pakistan, Iran, and even Afghanistan. According to an article written by respected journalist Joshua Foust on the political consequences of drone strikes, domestic populations in the area of attack perceive drones as “almost…

International and domestic law are not perfect instruments to fight against cyberattacks, chemical, biological, radiological and nuclear (CBRN) agents and weapons, terrorism finance, or terrorism in general, the private sector and civilian population has to be involved. This is because the nature of these unconventional attacks, coupled with the impossibilities of “perfect security” only allows for a balancing of risk that can be achieved through a redundancy approach to managing these threats.…

symbol are performing humanitarian duties and therefore must be protected by all parties involved in the conflict. This essay will discuss the history behind the creation of an emblem as well as the implementation of Protocol III and potential issues with this implementation. Modern warfare had become increasingly…

There is footage that shows how a predator drone “vaporizes” people who appear to be crossing the border. In the video, we see what appear to be three people, walking alongside a fence, when suddenly, there is smoke similar to that of a nuclear bomb and these three innocent people completely vanish. In the Middle East, for example, drones have killed many innocent people—including babies. However, the government and militaries main targets are those who are believed to be terrorists. “Believed”…

In 2009, a small town in Yemen called al-Majala was at the mercy of a drone attack that killed 41 civilians, including 21 children. Not even half of that number was confirmed to be militants. The people in this country can only imagine what it is like to have death flying above them, but the innocents in the Middle-Eastern countries do not have to imagine. The number of innocents on the receiving end of drone attacks has only increased over the years, because the drones act on a program that…

The United states should continue their use of drone strikes because terrorist have been attacking our nation.Not only have the terrorist have been attacking the nation,but also the people with -in the United States.We are just doing everything we can to protect our people of our nation. One reason that we are doing the drone strikes is because the United States are trying to protect the people from the terrorist so we must fight back.According to Jarret .T Crawford ,Shaun Wiley and Nina…

The proposition side’s first contention is that it provides research for militants and scientists. When countries are going to attack a area, they need to know what the area is like and that is what exactly one of the good uses a drone has without risking a life. According to the Brookings Institution, “all countries excluding third have 13% higher success right when studying the target zone in terms of killing the terrorists using drones.” When we success rate goes up then the terrorists will…

The Ethics of Drone Warfare The first recorded use of attack drones occurred on July 15, 1849. The setup for these drones was simple; a balloon attached to a basket would carry a bomb, the attackers would then calculate how much air the balloon needed to reach the desired destination. After that, these early UAVs (Unmanned Aerial Vehicles) would be sent off to cause destruction. In my opinion, this method seems childish, but this elementary design has helped shape how war is carried out today.…