Humanitarian intervention

Drone Wars: The Ethical Tug of War Unseen, unmanned, just as, if not more, lethal as any other weapon of war. Although there are benefits to using unmanned vehicles, also known as drones, to make assaults on enemies, there are plenty of ethical and moral dilemmas that come along with them. Although drones save soldiers lives, they also put more civilian lives in danger, and in turn, cause more civilian casualties than if foot soldiers were used. Along with civilian casualties being a major…

Drones strikes don’t have any good outcomes on the war on terrorism all they do is cause problems. Drones are a violation certain laws like International Covenant on civil and Political Rights. There are no good outcomes from drone strikes the civilians are afraid of drones they are afraid of if the drone will kill them or not. When family is apart of collateral damage that's what causes people to be motivated to join the terrorist against the americans and their ideals. Drones strikes and…

• B1- Skeptics “claim that drones kill thousands of innocent civilians, alienate allied governments, anger foreign publics, illegally target Americans, and set a dangerous precedent that irresponsible governments will abuse.” • B2- “A drone strike may violate the local state’s sovereignty, [however,] it does so to a lesser degree than putting U.S. boots on the ground or conducting a largescale air campaign. • B3- “Killing civilians, delegitimizing allies, or establishing the wrong precedent,”…

The US is conducting secondary strikes after the initial strike to kill other possible target, this has discouraged help of innocent victims, and even inhibited emergency services and humanitarian workers from providing medical care and relief, this can be considered as war crimes [6][9][15], a view voice by UN’s Christof Heyns [8]. Laws are the underpinning of duty-based ethics, as it is set up as a general rule for everyone to uphold,…

Drones are not the Answer to our Problems Does bombing a terrorist-occupied area actually help decrease terrorism in those areas? Drones do not help with counterterrorism in terrorist occupied areas because they terrorize the population of innocent civilians and cause increased amounts of hate towards the American lifestyle. Also, many people are unintentionally killed by drone strikes. By defining the issues of drones being used to terrorize innocent people, by refuting counter-arguments over…

Is the use of drones in the target killing of suspected terrorists lawful? According to The Huffington Post, ninety percent of people killed by drones in the last 5 years were innocent civilians (Fang, 2015). Many countries currently possess drones, which they use either for military or civilian use. Also known as Unmanned Aerial Vehicles, drones constitute a technological advancement and are used for many purposes in daily life. In the military, these pilotless aerial vehicles provide military…

“We’ve been talking about this for a good while, the immorality of drones, dropping bombs on innocent people. It’s been over 200 children so far. These are war crimes.” (Gavin) Princeton professor Cornel West says during the Smiley & West radio show. Drone strikes have been an area of controversy, but the topic is usually under the radar in the typical American’s life. This tale of immoral or moral goes further than whether droning people is evil or not. Drones kill hundreds of innocent people,…

resulted in humanitarian interventions to end the abuse of human rights and to help citizens who were still suffering from the exploitation and traumatic violent experiences. Although Western and european countries have attempted to resolve the social conflicts in the eastern part of Congo, humanitarian interventions remain unsuccessful because nationalism is a core in DRC politics and it engenders wars as there is no strong or effective cooperation between the State and humanitarian aids.…

types of military-humanitarian interactions: “humanitarian soldiers,” “aid workers as government agents,” and “humanitarian placebo.” What are the key features of these three types of militarized aid? What are their potential implications for aid organizations and their intended beneficiaries?” “Humanitarian soldiers”- Involving the military in the provision of aid can grow stability and help make allies with other countries. It can also strengthen government authority. An intervention is…

Humanitarian action and human rights are intrinsically based on morals however these morals are culturally based. This raises issues in how there can be a ‘Universal’ declaration of human rights when human rights are totally subjective to the culture they are applied within. The American Anthropology Association (AAA) argues culture is imperative in the capacity for humanity (AAA, 1999). With morals and values being at the basis of the creation and production of culture, then the way in which…